diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 5ca964b..902ba74 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const runGClient = (args, options = {}) => {
   options.cwd = options.cwd || config.rootDir
   options = mergeWithDefault(options)
   options.env.GCLIENT_FILE = config.gClientFile
-  util.run('gclient', args, options)
+  util.run('PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 python2 \$(which gclient.py)', args, options)
 }
 
 const mergeWithDefault = (options) => {