diff --git a/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec b/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
index c7f2634c2fb..2ba6ca697e0 100644
--- a/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
+++ b/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ for d in %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/*; do perl -p -i -e "s#%{buildroot}##g"
 # Create executable
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 python_version=$(ls %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/ | head -n 1)
-printf "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nPYTHONPATH=%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/${python_version}/site-packages %{python_cmd} -sm azure.cli \"\$@\"" > %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/az
+printf "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nPYTHONPATH=%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/${python_version}/site-packages /usr/bin/%{python_cmd} -sm azure.cli \"\$@\"" > %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/az
 rm %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/python* %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/pip*
 
 # Set up tab completion