diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2563242b0b..9ed3db373c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ commands =
   {toxinidir}/tools/fast8.sh
 
 [testenv:pylint]
+basepython = python2.7
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        pylint==0.26.0
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands = bash tools/lintstack.sh
 
 [testenv:lint]
+basepython = python2.7
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        pylint==0.26.0
 commands = python tools/lintstack.py check