diff --git a/util/merge_copyrights b/util/merge_copyrights
index ba23bc592a..55b9f97c3b 100644
--- a/util/merge_copyrights
+++ b/util/merge_copyrights
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ while (<CHANGES>) {
 	    $file_types{$_} = "PERL";
 	} elsif ($base =~ /\.py$/i) {
 	    $file_types{$_} = "PYTHON";
+	    if (open(PYTHON, $_)) {
+	      my $line = <PYTHON>;
+	      $file_types{$_} = "PYTHON-BIN" if ($line && $line =~ /^#!/);
+	      close(PYTHON);
+	    }
 	} elsif ($base =~ /\.sh$/) {
 	    $file_types{$_} = "SH";
 	} elsif ($base =~ /\.docbook$/ ||