diff --git a/dist/tools/pyterm/pyterm b/dist/tools/pyterm/pyterm
index 56bc19d3bc1ecbf740e915d31a82591cbd6fc37d..617d1d3d620813d59d6a3d5a4de0fffd71096f2d 100755
--- a/dist/tools/pyterm/pyterm
+++ b/dist/tools/pyterm/pyterm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Copyright (C) 2014  Oliver Hahm <oliver.hahm@inria.fr>