diff --git a/fabtests/scripts/runfabtests.sh b/fabtests/scripts/runfabtests.sh

index aba23be6f..70f86a749 100755

--- a/fabtests/scripts/runfabtests.sh

+++ b/fabtests/scripts/runfabtests.sh

@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ declare -i fail_count=0

 declare -i total_failures=0

 if [[ "$(uname)" == "FreeBSD" ]]; then

-    declare -ri FI_ENODATA=$(python -c 'import errno; print(errno.ENOMSG)')

+    declare -ri FI_ENODATA=$(python3 -c 'import errno; print(errno.ENOMSG)')

 else

-    declare -ri FI_ENODATA=$(python -c 'import errno; print(errno.ENODATA)')

+    declare -ri FI_ENODATA=$(python3 -c 'import errno; print(errno.ENODATA)')

 fi

-declare -ri FI_ENOSYS=$(python -c 'import errno; print(errno.ENOSYS)')

+declare -ri FI_ENOSYS=$(python3 -c 'import errno; print(errno.ENOSYS)')

 neg_unit_tests=(

 	"fi_dgram g00n13s"