diff --git a/python/tensorboard/tensorboard b/python/tensorboard/tensorboard
index a47d51c..8a8b8ff 100755
--- a/python/tensorboard/tensorboard
+++ b/python/tensorboard/tensorboard
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import zipfile
+import site
 
 # Return True if running on Windows
 def IsWindows():
   return os.name == 'nt'
 
+# get Python version
+PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+
 def GetWindowsPathWithUNCPrefix(path):
   """
   Adding UNC prefix after getting a normalized absolute Windows path,
@@ -57,7 +61,15 @@ def FindPythonBinary():
       'Bazel does not support execution of Python interpreters via labels yet')
   elif PYTHON_BINARY.startswith('/'):
     # Case 2: Absolute path.
-    return PYTHON_BINARY
+    if os.path.exists(PYTHON_BINARY):
+      # file exists
+      return PYTHON_BINARY
+    else:
+      # have to search. often occurs in travis-built wheel.
+      if PY3:
+        return SearchPath('python3')
+      else:
+        return SearchPath('python')
   elif '/' in PYTHON_BINARY:
     # Case 3: Path is relative to current working directory.
     return os.path.join(os.getcwd(), PYTHON_BINARY)
@@ -78,6 +90,18 @@ def FindModuleSpace():
     module_space = stub_filename + '.runfiles'
     if os.path.isdir(module_space):
       break
+    package_path = site.getsitepackages()
+    # In case this instance is a string
+    if not isinstance(package_path, list):
+      package_path= [package_path]
+    user_path = site.getusersitepackages()
+    if not isinstance(user_path, list):
+      user_path = [user_path]
+    package_path.extend(user_path)
+    for mod in package_path:
+      module_space = mod + '/tensorboard/tensorboard' + '.runfiles'
+      if os.path.isdir(module_space):
+        return module_space
 
     runfiles_pattern = "(.*\.runfiles)/.*"
     if IsWindows():