diff --git a/tests/sys/opencrypto/Makefile b/tests/sys/opencrypto/Makefile
index db31630311a..6645935ae10 100644
--- a/tests/sys/opencrypto/Makefile
+++ b/tests/sys/opencrypto/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ATF_TESTS_C+=	blake2_test poly1305_test
 
 PLAIN_TESTS_SH=	runtests
 
-TEST_METADATA.runtests+= required_programs="python"
+TEST_METADATA.runtests+= required_programs="python2"
 TEST_METADATA.runtests+= required_user="root"
 
 PYMODULES=	cryptodev.py cryptodevh.py cryptotest.py dpkt.py
diff --git a/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.py b/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.py
index 3e0ae0120b0..07865a178b5 100644
--- a/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.py
+++ b/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/local/bin/python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2014 The FreeBSD Foundation
 # Copyright 2014 John-Mark Gurney
diff --git a/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptotest.py b/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptotest.py
index cdfdaa28850..d87c5539404 100644
--- a/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptotest.py
+++ b/tests/sys/opencrypto/cryptotest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/local/bin/python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2014 The FreeBSD Foundation
 # All rights reserved.
diff --git a/tests/sys/opencrypto/runtests.sh b/tests/sys/opencrypto/runtests.sh
index 0ce128bbdef..5ff7d693ad5 100644
--- a/tests/sys/opencrypto/runtests.sh
+++ b/tests/sys/opencrypto/runtests.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ done
 oldcdas=$(sysctl -e kern.cryptodevallowsoft)
 sysctl kern.cryptodevallowsoft=1
 
-python $(dirname $0)/cryptotest.py
+python2 $(dirname $0)/cryptotest.py
 
 sysctl "$oldcdas"