diff --git a/cracklib.spec b/cracklib.spec
index 7935ceb..c5f5e6a 100644
--- a/cracklib.spec
+++ b/cracklib.spec
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ make test DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %if 0%{?rhel} == 0
 # We want to check that the new library is able to open the new dictionaries,
 # using the new python module.
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir} %{__python} 2>&1 << EOF
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir} %{__python2} 2>&1 << EOF
 import string, sys
 # Prepend buildroot-specific variations of the python path to the python path.
 syspath2=[]