diff --git a/inkscape.changes b/inkscape.changes
index 43cca01..8a4273f 100644
--- a/inkscape.changes
+++ b/inkscape.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  9 07:43:48 UTC 2017 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- remove env shebang from inkscape extensions subpackage
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep 23 16:20:45 UTC 2017 - plinnell@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/inkscape.spec b/inkscape.spec
index f528b46..55e0970 100644
--- a/inkscape.spec
+++ b/inkscape.spec
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ install -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/inkscape/palettes
 
 bash %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/inkscape/extensions "%%{_datadir}/inkscape/extensions/"
 
+sed -i -e "1 s,#! */usr/bin/env python,#!/usr/bin/python2," %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/inkscape/extensions/*.py
+
 # Localized man pages
 for man in %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/*/man1/*; do
     LOCALE=`echo $man | sed "s:.*%{_mandir}/\([^/]*\)/man1/.*:\1:g"`