diff --git a/lang/python/application.mk b/lang/python/application.mk
index 323c31e7d7ee..ae02bae7c0c5 100644
--- a/lang/python/application.mk
+++ b/lang/python/application.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: application.mk,v 1.4 2004/01/14 02:10:47 xtraeme Exp $
+# $NetBSD: application.mk,v 1.5 2004/01/14 03:22:47 xtraeme Exp $
 
 .include "../../lang/python/pyversion.mk"
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # PYTHON_PATCH_SCRIPTS is a list of Python scripts to be installed,
 #  relative to ${WRKSRC}
 
-_PYTHON_PATCH_SCRIPT_SED=	-e "1s;^\#!.*python[^ ];\#!${PYTHONBIN};"
+_PYTHON_PATCH_SCRIPT_SED=	-e "1s;^\#!.*python[^ ]*;\#!${PYTHONBIN};"
 _PYTHON_PATCH_SCRIPT_SED+=	${PYTHON_PATCH_SCRIPT_SED}
 
 .if defined(PYTHON_PATCH_SCRIPTS)