diff --git a/scripts/convert_to_utf8 b/scripts/convert_to_utf8
index c788f50..e6e8b2f 100755
--- a/scripts/convert_to_utf8
+++ b/scripts/convert_to_utf8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/templates/Makefile.in b/templates/Makefile.in
index 3935810..439b69c 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile.in
+++ b/templates/Makefile.in
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ CC=		@CC@
 CHMOD=  	@CHMOD@
 INSTALL=	@INSTALL@
 TRUE=		@TRUE@
+PYTHON=		@PYTHON@
 
 DEFS=   	@DEFS@
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ all: converttemplates
 
 # Use a stamp file to track conversion, so it only happens once
 .converted.stamp:
-	../scripts/convert_to_utf8 -d .
+	$(PYTHON) ../scripts/convert_to_utf8 -d .
 	touch .converted.stamp
 
 converttemplates: .converted.stamp