diff --git a/syntax_checkers/python/compile.py b/syntax_checkers/python/compile.py
index 31b0eda9..32f1413d 100755
--- a/syntax_checkers/python/compile.py
+++ b/syntax_checkers/python/compile.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ if len(argv) != 2:
     exit(1)
 
 try:
-    compile(open(argv[1]).read(), argv[1], 'exec')
+    compile(open(argv[1]).read(), argv[1], 'exec', 0, 1)
 except SyntaxError as err:
     print('%s:%s:%s: %s' % (err.filename, err.lineno, err.offset, err.msg))