diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/freeze.py b/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/freeze.py
index 656a61dc..9dbeeb05 100755
--- a/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/freeze.py
+++ b/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/freeze.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def set_python(py_env_file, py):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # allow specifying which Pythons to update on argv
-    pys = sys.argv[1:] or ('2.7', '3.5', '3.6')
+    pys = sys.argv[1:] or ('2.7', '3.7', '3.5', '3.6')
     for py in pys:
         env_file = ENV_FILE_T.format(py=py)
         set_python(env_file, py)