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-rw-r--r--py/mkenv.mk2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a62472c3..843511a60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ Additional components:
The subdirectories above may include READMEs with additional info.
"make" is used to build the components, or "gmake" on BSD-based systems.
-You will also need bash, gcc, and Python (at least 2.7 or 3.3).
+You will also need bash, gcc, and Python 3.3+ available as the command `python3`
+(if your system only has Python 2.7 then invoke make with the additional option
+`PYTHON=python2`).
The Unix version
----------------
diff --git a/py/mkenv.mk b/py/mkenv.mk
index 2c9c86a7a..87e92ec6f 100644
--- a/py/mkenv.mk
+++ b/py/mkenv.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ECHO = @echo
CP = cp
MKDIR = mkdir
SED = sed
-PYTHON = python
+PYTHON = python3
AS = $(CROSS_COMPILE)as
CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc