diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ce70d92a5..7d945dfa8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15559,7 +15559,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 ################################################################################
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile make.tmpl daemons/Makefile daemons/clvmd/Makefile daemons/cmirrord/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.pc daemons/dmeventd/plugins/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/raid/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/snapshot/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/thin/Makefile daemons/dmfilemapd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdbusd daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdb.py daemons/lvmdbusd/lvm_shell_proxy.py daemons/lvmdbusd/path.py daemons/lvmetad/Makefile daemons/lvmpolld/Makefile daemons/lvmlockd/Makefile device_mapper/Makefile conf/Makefile conf/example.conf conf/lvmlocal.conf conf/command_profile_template.profile conf/metadata_profile_template.profile include/.symlinks include/Makefile lib/Makefile lib/locking/Makefile include/lvm-version.h libdaemon/Makefile libdaemon/client/Makefile libdaemon/server/Makefile libdm/Makefile libdm/libdevmapper.pc liblvm/Makefile liblvm/liblvm2app.pc man/Makefile po/Makefile python/Makefile python/setup.py scripts/blkdeactivate.sh scripts/blk_availability_init_red_hat scripts/blk_availability_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/clvmd_init_red_hat scripts/cmirrord_init_red_hat scripts/com.redhat.lvmdbus1.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_red_hat.sh scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_clvmd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_cmirrord_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmdbusd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmlockd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmlocking_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_monitoring_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_pvscan_systemd_red_hat@.service scripts/lvm2_tmpfiles_red_hat.conf scripts/lvmdump.sh scripts/Makefile test/Makefile test/api/Makefile test/unit/Makefile tools/Makefile udev/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile make.tmpl daemons/Makefile daemons/clvmd/Makefile daemons/cmirrord/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.pc daemons/dmeventd/plugins/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/raid/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/snapshot/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/thin/Makefile daemons/dmfilemapd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdbusd daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdb.py daemons/lvmdbusd/lvm_shell_proxy.py daemons/lvmdbusd/path.py daemons/lvmetad/Makefile daemons/lvmpolld/Makefile daemons/lvmlockd/Makefile device_mapper/Makefile conf/Makefile conf/example.conf conf/lvmlocal.conf conf/command_profile_template.profile conf/metadata_profile_template.profile include/.symlinks include/Makefile lib/Makefile lib/locking/Makefile include/lvm-version.h libdaemon/Makefile libdaemon/client/Makefile libdaemon/server/Makefile libdm/Makefile libdm/libdevmapper.pc liblvm/Makefile liblvm/liblvm2app.pc man/Makefile po/Makefile python/Makefile python/setup.py scripts/blkdeactivate.sh scripts/blk_availability_init_red_hat scripts/blk_availability_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/clvmd_init_red_hat scripts/cmirrord_init_red_hat scripts/com.redhat.lvmdbus1.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_red_hat.sh scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_clvmd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_cmirrord_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmdbusd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmlockd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmlocking_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_monitoring_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_pvscan_systemd_red_hat@.service scripts/lvm2_tmpfiles_red_hat.conf scripts/lvmdump.sh scripts/Makefile test/Makefile test/api/Makefile test/api/python_lvm_unit.py test/unit/Makefile tools/Makefile udev/Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -16327,6 +16327,7 @@ do
     "scripts/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES scripts/Makefile" ;;
     "test/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES test/Makefile" ;;
     "test/api/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES test/api/Makefile" ;;
+    "test/api/python_lvm_unit.py") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES test/api/python_lvm_unit.py" ;;
     "test/unit/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES test/unit/Makefile" ;;
     "tools/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES tools/Makefile" ;;
     "udev/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES udev/Makefile" ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b517ef0b..e427708cd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2159,6 +2159,7 @@ scripts/lvmdump.sh
 scripts/Makefile
 test/Makefile
 test/api/Makefile
+test/api/python_lvm_unit.py
 test/unit/Makefile
 tools/Makefile
 udev/Makefile
diff --git a/test/api/python_lvm_unit.py b/test/api/python_lvm_unit.py.in
similarity index 99%
rename from test/api/python_lvm_unit.py
rename to test/api/python_lvm_unit.py.in
index 296ca1430..2f9cbb515 100755
--- a/test/api/python_lvm_unit.py
+++ b/test/api/python_lvm_unit.py.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!@PYTHON@
 
 # Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #