diff --git a/rpm.mk b/rpm.mk
index 3778d9855..cfecd0ce1 100644
--- a/rpm.mk
+++ b/rpm.mk
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ endif
 		--depends 'nginx >= 1.8.0' \
 		--depends 'plugn' \
 		--depends 'procfile-util' \
-		--depends 'python' \
+		--depends '/usr/bin/python3' \
 		--depends 'sshcommand >= 0.10.0' \
 		--depends 'sudo' \
 		--after-install rpm/dokku.postinst \