diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 7a6641d..571d23c 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ atlocal:	atlocal.in Makefile
 	  -e "s,[@]usrlibdir[@],$(libdir)," \
 	  -e "s,[@]execprefix[@],$(exec_prefix)," \
 	  -e "s,[@]RPMCONFIGDIR[@],$(rpmconfigdir)," \
+	  -e "s,[@]PYTHON[@],$(PYTHON)," \
 	< $(srcdir)/atlocal.in > atlocal
 DISTCLEANFILES = atlocal
 EXTRA_DIST += atlocal.in
diff --git a/tests/atlocal.in b/tests/atlocal.in
index f4a8308..3b1474b 100644
--- a/tests/atlocal.in
+++ b/tests/atlocal.in
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 PATH="${abs_builddir}/testing@rpmbindir@:${abs_builddir}/testing@usrbindir@:$PATH"
 export PATH
 
-PYLIBDIR=`python2 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; import sys; sys.stdout.write(get_python_lib(1,0,'@execprefix@'))"`
+PYTHON=@PYTHON@
+PYLIBDIR=$(${PYTHON} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; import sys; sys.stdout.write(get_python_lib(1,0,'@execprefix@'))")
 PYTHONPATH="${abs_builddir}/testing${PYLIBDIR}"
 export PYTHONPATH
 
diff --git a/tests/local.at b/tests/local.at
index a72baed..27573f8 100644
--- a/tests/local.at
+++ b/tests/local.at
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def myprint(msg = ''):
     sys.stdout.write('%s\n' % msg)
 $1
 EOF
-python2 test.py
+${PYTHON} test.py test.py
 ]])
 
 m4_define([RPMPY_CHECK],[