diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
index 2408960d949..559b5de1560 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
@@ -1031,8 +1031,7 @@ def main():
     buildPythonDocs()
     fn = os.path.join(WORKDIR, "_root", "Applications",
                 "Python %s"%(getVersion(),), "Update Shell Profile.command")
-    patchFile("scripts/postflight.patch-profile",  fn)
-    os.chmod(fn, 0755)
+    patchScript("scripts/postflight.patch-profile",  fn)
 
     folder = os.path.join(WORKDIR, "_root", "Applications", "Python %s"%(
         getVersion(),))
diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile b/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
index d03e4d04f08..aa5e93c6830 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ echo "of python is not early enough of the PATH of your shell."
 echo "These changes will be effective only in shell windows that you open"
 echo "after running this script."
 
-PYVER=2.7
-PYTHON_ROOT="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current"
+PYVER="@PYVER@"
+PYTHON_ROOT="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/@PYVER@"
 
 if [ `id -ur` = 0 ]; then
 	# Run from the installer, do some trickery to fetch the information