diff --git a/setup/upload.py b/setup/upload.py
index 7852e31d55..3c835d0ec3 100644
--- a/setup/upload.py
+++ b/setup/upload.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def dbs_cmdline(ver):
 def run_remote_upload(args):
     print 'Running remotely:', ' '.join(args)
     subprocess.check_call(['ssh', '-x', '%s@%s'%(STAGING_USER, STAGING_HOST),
-        'cd', STAGING_DIR, '&&', 'python', 'hosting.py']+args)
+        'cd', STAGING_DIR, '&&', 'python2', 'hosting.py']+args)
 
 # }}}