Merge from 3.x: PR #5181

Fixes #5165
spyder-ide · Sep 11, 2017 · 71b1688 · 71b1688
2 parents 30c0ab1 + 6b16bfd
commit 71b1688
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/spyder/utils/programs.py b/spyder/utils/programs.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 # Local imports
 from spyder.utils import encoding
+from spyder.utils.misc import get_python_executable
 from spyder.py3compat import PY2, is_text_string, to_text_string
 
 
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ def run_python_script_in_terminal(fname, wdir, args, interact,
         fname = '"' + fname + '"'
         wdir = wdir.replace('/', '\\')
 
-    p_args = ['python']
+    p_args = [get_python_executable()]
     p_args += get_python_args(fname, python_args, interact, debug, args)
 
     if os.name == 'nt':