--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -2388,7 +2388,7 @@ coverage:
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="" AM_CPPFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -DDEBUG" LDFLAGS="-lgcov"
 
 .c.h:
-	@srcdir@/scripts/MakeHeader.py $<
+	LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 @srcdir@/scripts/MakeHeader.py $<
 
 cppcheck:
 	cppcheck -q -v . --enable=all -DHAVE_CGROUP -DHAVE_OPENVZ -DHAVE_TASKSTATS
--- a/scripts/MakeHeader.py
+++ b/scripts/MakeHeader.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 import os, sys, string, io
 try:
    from StringIO import StringIO