diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index d351329993..a24f0f4b62 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
     name: pagure-poc
     user: root
     minute: 0
-    job: /usr/libexec/pagure-dist-git/pagure_poc.py /srv/cache/extras
+    job: /usr/bin/python2 /usr/libexec/pagure-dist-git/pagure_poc.py /srv/cache/extras
     cron_file: pagure-poc
     state: present
   when: env == 'staging'