diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/google-cloud-sdk.sh b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/google-cloud-sdk.sh
index cff48e442e..9114c0d400 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/google-cloud-sdk.sh
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/google-cloud-sdk.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 alias gcloud="(docker images google/cloud-sdk || docker pull google/cloud-sdk) > /dev/null;docker run -ti --rm --net=host -v $HOME/.config:/root/.config -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock google/cloud-sdk gcloud"
 alias gsutil="(docker images google/cloud-sdk || docker pull google/cloud-sdk) > /dev/null;docker run -ti --rm --net=host -v $HOME/.config:/root/.config google/cloud-sdk gsutil"
+alias python="(docker images python:2-slim || docker pull python:2-slim) > /dev/null;docker run -ti --rm --net=host -v $HOME/.config:/root/.config -v "$PWD":/usr/src/pyapp -w /usr/src/pyapp python:2-slim python"
+alias python3="(docker images python:3-slim || docker pull python:3-slim) > /dev/null;docker run -ti --rm --net=host -v $HOME/.config:/root/.config -v "$PWD":/usr/src/pyapp -w /usr/src/pyapp python:3-slim python"