diff --git a/plugins/python/_python.fish b/plugins/python/_python.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e634e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python/_python.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Use python2 if found, otherwise fallback to python.
+function _python
+  if which python2
+    python2
+  else
+    python
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/python/pybeautifyjson.fish b/plugins/python/pybeautifyjson.fish
index ab2d9ca..74ef4c8 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pybeautifyjson.fish
+++ b/plugins/python/pybeautifyjson.fish
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # beautify json string
 # use : pybeautifyjson '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}'
 function pybeautifyjson
-  echo $argv | python -mjson.tool
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  echo $argv | _python -mjson.tool
+end
diff --git a/plugins/python/pyhttp.fish b/plugins/python/pyhttp.fish
index 06c6c8b..6199c12 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyhttp.fish
+++ b/plugins/python/pyhttp.fish
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ function pyhttp
   else
     set HTTPPORT 1025
   end
-  python -m SimpleHTTPServer $HTTPPORT;
+
+  _python -m SimpleHTTPServer $HTTPPORT;
 end
diff --git a/plugins/python/pysmtp.fish b/plugins/python/pysmtp.fish
index 3872f48..cb75f31 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pysmtp.fish
+++ b/plugins/python/pysmtp.fish
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function pysmtp
   else
     set SMTPPORT 1025
   end
+
   echo "smtp server started on port" $SMTPPORT;
-  python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:$SMTPPORT;
+  _python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:$SMTPPORT;
 end