diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
index 9290418..cd18518 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,10 @@
 # Run 'pylint' on Python files for programming errors and helps enforcing
 # PEP8 coding standards.
 
-pylint3 -j 2 scripts/*.py tests/scripts/*.py
+if type python3 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    PYTHON=python3
+else
+    PYTHON=python
+fi
+
+$PYTHON -m pylint -j 2 scripts/*.py tests/scripts/*.py