diff --git a/src/libcamera/gen-controls.py b/src/libcamera/gen-controls.py
index 940386cc68c8..2e5ac5c81cca 100755
--- a/src/libcamera/gen-controls.py
+++ b/src/libcamera/gen-controls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
 #