diff --git a/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec b/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
index 0a52d0ca69c..fa4a2bc8329 100644
--- a/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
+++ b/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ for d in %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/*; do perl -p -i -e "s#%{buildroot}##g"
 # Create executable
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 python_version=$(ls %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/ | head -n 1)
-printf "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nbin_dir=\`cd \"\$(dirname \"\$BASH_SOURCE[0]\")\"; pwd\`\nAZ_INSTALLER=RPM PYTHONPATH=\"\$bin_dir\"/../%{_lib}/az/lib/${python_version}/site-packages %{python_cmd} -sm azure.cli \"\$@\"" > %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/az
+printf "#!/usr/bin/env bash
+bin_dir=\`cd \"\$(dirname \"\$BASH_SOURCE[0]\")\"; pwd\`
+python_cmd=%{python_cmd}
+if command -v ${python_version} &>/dev/null; then python_cmd=${python_version}; fi
+AZ_INSTALLER=RPM PYTHONPATH=\"\$bin_dir\"/../%{_lib}/az/lib/${python_version}/site-packages \$python_cmd -sm azure.cli \"\$@\"
+" > %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/az
 rm %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/python* %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/pip*
 
 # Remove unused Network SDK API versions