--- Mk/Uses/shebangfix.mk	(revision 390140)
+++ Mk/Uses/shebangfix.mk	(working copy)
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ 
 php_OLD_CMD?=	/usr/bin/php
 php_CMD?=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/php
 python_OLD_CMD?=	/usr/bin/python
+.if defined(PYTHON_CMD)
+python_CMD?=	${PYTHON_CMD}
+.else
 python_CMD?=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/python
+.endif
 ruby_OLD_CMD?=	/usr/bin/ruby
 ruby_CMD?=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/ruby
 tcl_OLD_CMD?=	/usr/bin/tclsh