diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
index eeadc3c8cc7..9b7fcf14b57 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ let
         ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb
         ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb${majorVersion}
         ln -s $out/share/man/man1/{python2.7.1.gz,python.1.gz}
+
+        paxmark E $out/bin/python${majorVersion}
       '';
 
     passthru = {