diff --git a/bitbake/bin/toaster b/bitbake/bin/toaster
index be1bb9c4f7..e3a0dae48f 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/toaster
+++ b/bitbake/bin/toaster
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ verify_prereq() {
     exp='s/Django\([><=]\+\)\([^,]\+\),\([><=]\+\)\(.\+\)/'
     exp=$exp'import sys,django;version=django.get_version().split(".");'
     exp=$exp'sys.exit(not (version \1 "\2".split(".") and version \3 "\4".split(".")))/p'
-    if ! sed -n "$exp" $reqfile | python - ; then
+    if ! sed -n "$exp" $reqfile | python3 - ; then
         req=`grep ^Django $reqfile`
         echo "This program needs $req"
         echo "Please install with pip install -r $reqfile"