diff --git a/buildout/software-profiles/xorg.cfg b/buildout/software-profiles/xorg.cfg
index dc1059432d5bec0fea452128255a29ff80fe7452..d1bcccc44c42410719f6e12458a333e363891fca 100644
--- a/buildout/software-profiles/xorg.cfg
+++ b/buildout/software-profiles/xorg.cfg
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ url = http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/src/xcb/xcb-proto-1.6.tar.bz2
 md5sum = 04313e1d914b44d0e457f6c494fc178b
 environment =
   PATH=${libxml2:location}/bin:%(PATH)s
+  PYTHON=${buildout:executable}
 
 [xorg-libpthread-stubs]
 recipe = hexagonit.recipe.cmmi