diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index 46823453babe758bed1e26f45beaf5674577335d..122c16eff85313a40cc324a120edf79f00473a3f 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source = { :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
                :tag => "release-#{version.gsub(/\./, '_')}-objectivec-#{version}" }
 
+
   s.ios.deployment_target = '7.1'
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
   s.requires_arc = true
diff --git a/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.py b/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.py
index c3e2b12051626380e1e7bb13375e3bddf3c53e92..b2c3c26aa6272cdc6842d78c20f6e8ee62d44509 100755
--- a/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.py
+++ b/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for root, dirs, files in os.walk('templates'):
       out = out_dir + '/' + os.path.splitext(f)[0]
       if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
         os.makedirs(out_dir)
-      cmd = ['python', 'tools/buildgen/mako_renderer.py']
+      cmd = ['python2.7', 'tools/buildgen/mako_renderer.py']
       for plugin in plugins:
         cmd.append('-p')
         cmd.append(plugin)