4 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/Makefile b/contrib/python/podman/Makefile
index f691092b7..6ec4159f2 100644
--- a/contrib/python/podman/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PYTHON ?= /usr/bin/python3
+PYTHON ?= $(shell command -v python3 2>/dev/null || command -v python)
 DESTDIR ?= /
 PODMAN_VERSION ?= '0.0.4'
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ uninstall:
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py clean --all
 	rm -rf podman.egg-info dist
 	find . -depth -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} \;
 	find . -depth -name \*.pyc -exec rm -f {} \;
+	$(PYTHON) ./setup.py clean --all
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/setup.py b/contrib/python/podman/setup.py
index 2953ba0dc..9d54bb3ac 100644..100755
--- a/contrib/python/podman/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 import os
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
diff --git a/contrib/python/pypodman/Makefile b/contrib/python/pypodman/Makefile
index 8c9691996..cd0fcf1de 100644
--- a/contrib/python/pypodman/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/python/pypodman/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PYTHON ?= /usr/bin/python3
+PYTHON ?= $(shell command -v python3 2>/dev/null || command -v python)
 DESTDIR := /
 PODMAN_VERSION ?= '0.0.4'
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ clobber: uninstall clean
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py clean --all
 	rm -rf pypodman.egg-info dist
 	find . -depth -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} \;
 	find . -depth -name \*.pyc -exec rm -f {} \;
+	$(PYTHON) ./setup.py clean --all
diff --git a/contrib/python/pypodman/setup.py b/contrib/python/pypodman/setup.py
index 0f80d4060..f07e89201 100644..100755
--- a/contrib/python/pypodman/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/python/pypodman/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 import os
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup