diff --git a/tools/virt-qemu-sev-validate b/tools/virt-qemu-sev-validate
index 712a4e4593..46a92aa7a0 100755
--- a/tools/virt-qemu-sev-validate
+++ b/tools/virt-qemu-sev-validate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 #