diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5e4b23aa..578ed00a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ commands =
     bash -c "{toxinidir}/tests/common/test-ansible-functional.sh"
 
 [testenv:linters]
+basepython = python3
 commands =
     bash -c "{toxinidir}/tests/common/test-ansible-env-prep.sh"
     {[testenv:pep8]commands}