diff --git a/build_files/buildbot/slave_compile.py b/build_files/buildbot/slave_compile.py
index 67fae89a22a..d448742d1d9 100644
--- a/build_files/buildbot/slave_compile.py
+++ b/build_files/buildbot/slave_compile.py
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ if builder.find('cmake') != -1:
     retcode = subprocess.call(['make', '-s', '-j4', 'install'])
     sys.exit(retcode)
 else:
+    python_bin = 'python'
+    if builder.find('linux') != -1:
+        python_bin = '/opt/lib/python-2.7/bin/python2.7'
+
     # scons
     os.chdir(blender_dir)
-    scons_cmd = ['python', 'scons/scons.py']
+    scons_cmd = [python_bin, 'scons/scons.py']
     scons_options = ['BF_FANCY=False']
 
     # We're using the same rules as release builder, so tweak
@@ -173,6 +177,6 @@ else:
             for dll in dlls:
                 shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(dlls_path, dll), os.path.join(install_dir, dll))
 
-        retcode = subprocess.call(['python', 'scons/scons.py'] + scons_options)
+        retcode = subprocess.call([python_bin, 'scons/scons.py'] + scons_options)
 
         sys.exit(retcode)
diff --git a/build_files/buildbot/slave_pack.py b/build_files/buildbot/slave_pack.py
index 8f4bae9a380..c989cd8e31a 100644
--- a/build_files/buildbot/slave_pack.py
+++ b/build_files/buildbot/slave_pack.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ branch = sys.argv[2] if (len(sys.argv) >= 3 and sys.argv[2] != 'master') else ''
 
 # scons does own packaging
 if builder.find('scons') != -1:
+    python_bin = 'python'
+    if builder.find('linux') != -1:
+        python_bin = '/opt/lib/python-2.7/bin/python2.7'
+
     os.chdir('../blender.git')
     scons_options = ['BF_QUICK=slnt', 'BUILDBOT_BRANCH=' + branch, 'buildslave', 'BF_FANCY=False']
 
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ if builder.find('scons') != -1:
         os.system('cp %s %s' % (software_gl, install_dir))
         os.system('chmod 755 %s' % (os.path.join(install_dir, 'blender-softwaregl')))
 
-        retcode = subprocess.call(['schroot', '-c', chroot_name, '--', 'python', 'scons/scons.py'] + scons_options)
+        retcode = subprocess.call(['schroot', '-c', chroot_name, '--', python_bin, 'scons/scons.py'] + scons_options)
 
         sys.exit(retcode)
     else:
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ if builder.find('scons') != -1:
 
             scons_options.append('BF_CONFIG=' + os.path.join(config_dir, config))
 
-        retcode = subprocess.call(['python', 'scons/scons.py'] + scons_options)
+        retcode = subprocess.call([python_bin, 'scons/scons.py'] + scons_options)
         sys.exit(retcode)
 
 # clean release directory if it already exists