diff --git a/spyderlib/plugins/editor.py b/spyderlib/plugins/editor.py
index dd6a9269415..899c465fc0c 100644
--- a/spyderlib/plugins/editor.py
+++ b/spyderlib/plugins/editor.py
@@ -382,8 +382,14 @@ def __init__(self, parent, ignore_last_opened_files=False):
         
         # Creating template if it doesn't already exist
         if not osp.isfile(self.TEMPLATE_PATH):
-            header = ['# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-', '"""', 'Created on %(date)s',
-                      '', '@author: %(username)s', '"""', '']
+            if os.name == "nt":
+                shebang = []
+            else:
+                shebang = ['#!/usr/bin/env python' + ('2' if PY2 else '3')]
+            header = shebang + [
+                '# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-',
+                '"""', 'Created on %(date)s', '',
+                '@author: %(username)s', '"""', '']
             encoding.write(os.linesep.join(header), self.TEMPLATE_PATH, 'utf-8')
 
         self.projectexplorer = None