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"