diff --git a/platform/mellanox/sdk-src/python-sdk-api/Makefile b/platform/mellanox/sdk-src/python-sdk-api/Makefile
index 9c41be75725b..47f0ad5a01ff 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/sdk-src/python-sdk-api/Makefile
+++ b/platform/mellanox/sdk-src/python-sdk-api/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
 		./autogen.sh
 	fi
 
-	debuild -b -us -uc -j$(SONIC_CONFIG_MAKE_JOBS)
+	debuild -e PYTHON_INTERPRETERS="\"python2 python3\"" -b -us -uc -j$(SONIC_CONFIG_MAKE_JOBS)
 
 	popd