diff --git a/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py b/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
index eb76f65..461848c 100755
--- a/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
+++ b/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # -*- python -*-
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
diff --git a/tools/perf/python/twatch.py b/tools/perf/python/twatch.py
index ff87ccf..04f3db2 100755
--- a/tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+++ b/tools/perf/python/twatch.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 # -*- python -*-
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-