diff --git a/Dockerfile.product b/Dockerfile.product
index 2940a387181..962cea953d1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.product
+++ b/Dockerfile.product
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ENV CHROMEDRIVER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD=true \
     GECKODRIVER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD=true \
     SKIP_SASS_BINARY_DOWNLOAD_FOR_CI=true \
     CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0 \
+    RHEL_ALLOW_PYTHON2_FOR_BUILD=1 \
     NPM_CONFIG_TARBALL=$HOME/node-v12.16.1-headers.tar.gz
 
 # run the build