diff --git a/python-prettytable.spec b/python-prettytable.spec
index e9c3d25..2dd43d1 100644
--- a/python-prettytable.spec
+++ b/python-prettytable.spec
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ popd
 
 %check
 export LANG=en_GB.utf8
-%{__python} %{modname}_test.py
+%{__python2} %{modname}_test.py
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 pushd %{py3dir}