1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/pyspark b/bin/pyspark
index 01d42025c9..59cfdfa7c5 100755
--- a/bin/pyspark
+++ b/bin/pyspark
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if [[ "$1" =~ \.py$ ]]; then
 else
   # Only use ipython if no command line arguments were provided [SPARK-1134]
   if [[ "$IPYTHON" = "1" ]]; then
-    exec ipython $IPYTHON_OPTS
+    exec ${PYSPARK_PYTHON:-ipython} $IPYTHON_OPTS
   else
     exec "$PYSPARK_PYTHON"
   fi