diff --git a/common.debian b/common.debian
index ae85527..a8965b4 100644
--- a/common.debian
+++ b/common.debian
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ RUN \
     libtool-doc \
   && \
   apt-get clean --yes
+# Add symlink for compatibility
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
diff --git a/common.docker b/common.docker
index 62a36c6..9177445 100644
--- a/common.docker
+++ b/common.docker
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN \
   /buildscripts/build-and-install-git.sh && \
   /buildscripts/install-cmake-binary.sh $X86_FLAG && \
   /buildscripts/install-liquidprompt-binary.sh && \
-  PYTHON=$([ -e /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python ] && echo "/opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python" || echo "python3") && \
+  PYTHON=$([ -e /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python ] && echo "/opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python" || echo "python") && \
   /buildscripts/install-python-packages.sh -python ${PYTHON} && \
   /buildscripts/build-and-install-ninja.sh -python ${PYTHON} && \
   rm -rf /buildscripts
diff --git a/imagefiles/build-and-install-ninja.sh b/imagefiles/build-and-install-ninja.sh
index 7830c76..a2789dc 100755
--- a/imagefiles/build-and-install-ninja.sh
+++ b/imagefiles/build-and-install-ninja.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
-PYTHON=python3
+PYTHON=python
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   case "$1" in
     -python)
diff --git a/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh b/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh
index 40cfb70..088a4e7 100755
--- a/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh
+++ b/imagefiles/install-python-packages.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
-PYTHON=python3
+PYTHON=python
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   case "$1" in
     -python)