diff --git a/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/hwlatdetect_0.96.bb b/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/hwlatdetect_0.96.bb
index 025eb63232..012b2dd0a7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/hwlatdetect_0.96.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/hwlatdetect_0.96.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 require rt-tests.inc
-inherit python-dir
+inherit python3-dir
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "PYLIB=${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}/dist-packages"
 
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ do_compile() {
 do_install() {
         oe_runmake install_hwlatdetect DESTDIR=${D} SBINDIR=${sbindir} \
 	           MANDIR=${mandir} INCLUDEDIR=${includedir}
+
+        sed -i -e '1s,#!.*python.*,#!${bindir}/python3,' ${D}${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}/dist-packages/hwlatdetect.py
 }
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}/dist-packages/hwlatdetect.py"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python python-subprocess python-textutils"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python3 python3-subprocess python3-textutils"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "kernel-module-hwlat-detector"