diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
index dd606d947fa..aa38cf17bdc 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
@@ -1033,8 +1033,7 @@ 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 5e82f331cfa..4a998c8c3c0 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=2.5
-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