diff --git a/composer/data/python2_script.py b/composer/data/python2_script.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/composer/data/python2_script.py
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+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+print 'Output from Python 2.'  # noqa
diff --git a/composer/workflows/bashoperator_python2.py b/composer/workflows/bashoperator_python2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29bcdb7af79
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+++ b/composer/workflows/bashoperator_python2.py
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+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# [START composer_bashoperator_python2]
+import datetime
+
+from airflow import models
+from airflow.operators import bash_operator
+
+
+yesterday = datetime.datetime.combine(
+    datetime.datetime.today() - datetime.timedelta(1),
+    datetime.datetime.min.time())
+
+
+default_dag_args = {
+    # Setting start date as yesterday starts the DAG immediately when it is
+    # detected in the Cloud Storage bucket.
+    'start_date': yesterday,
+}
+
+with models.DAG(
+        'composer_sample_bashoperator_python2',
+        schedule_interval=datetime.timedelta(days=1),
+        default_args=default_dag_args) as dag:
+
+    run_python2 = bash_operator.BashOperator(
+        task_id='run_python2',
+        # This example runs a Python script from the data folder to prevent
+        # Airflow from attempting to parse the script as a DAG.
+        bash_command='python2 /home/airflow/gcs/data/python2_script.py',
+    )
+# [END composer_bashoperator_python2]
diff --git a/composer/workflows/bashoperator_python2_test.py b/composer/workflows/bashoperator_python2_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e035607f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer/workflows/bashoperator_python2_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from . import unit_testing
+
+
+def test_dag_import():
+    """Test that the DAG file can be successfully imported.
+
+    This tests that the DAG can be parsed, but does not run it in an Airflow
+    environment. This is a recommended sanity check by the official Airflow
+    docs: https://airflow.incubator.apache.org/tutorial.html#testing
+    """
+    from . import bashoperator_python2 as module
+    unit_testing.assert_has_valid_dag(module)
diff --git a/composer/workflows/pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2.py b/composer/workflows/pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af8c983a9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer/workflows/pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# [START composer_pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2]
+import datetime
+
+from airflow import models
+from airflow.operators import python_operator
+
+
+def python2_function():
+    """A function which has not been converted to Python 3."""
+    # Use the global variable virtualenv_string_args to pass in values when the
+    # Python version differs from that used by the Airflow process.
+    global virtualenv_string_args
+
+    # Imports must happen within the function when run with the
+    # PythonVirtualenvOperator.
+    import cStringIO
+    import logging
+
+    arg0 = virtualenv_string_args[0]
+    buffer = cStringIO.StringIO()
+    buffer.write('Wrote an ASCII string to buffer:\n')
+    buffer.write(arg0)
+    logging.info(buffer.getvalue())
+
+
+yesterday = datetime.datetime.combine(
+    datetime.datetime.today() - datetime.timedelta(1),
+    datetime.datetime.min.time())
+
+
+default_dag_args = {
+    # Setting start date as yesterday starts the DAG immediately when it is
+    # detected in the Cloud Storage bucket.
+    'start_date': yesterday,
+}
+
+with models.DAG(
+        'composer_sample_pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2',
+        schedule_interval=datetime.timedelta(days=1),
+        default_args=default_dag_args) as dag:
+
+    # Use the PythonVirtualenvOperator to select an explicit python_version.
+    run_python2 = python_operator.PythonVirtualenvOperator(
+        task_id='run_python2',
+        python_callable=python2_function,
+        python_version='2',
+        string_args=['An example input string'],
+    )
+# [END composer_pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2]
diff --git a/composer/workflows/pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2_test.py b/composer/workflows/pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da603550a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer/workflows/pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from . import unit_testing
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info >= (3, 0), reason="requires Python 2")
+def test_dag_import():
+    """Test that the DAG file can be successfully imported.
+
+    This tests that the DAG can be parsed, but does not run it in an Airflow
+    environment. This is a recommended sanity check by the official Airflow
+    docs: https://airflow.incubator.apache.org/tutorial.html#testing
+    """
+    from . import pythonvirtualenvoperator_python2 as module
+    unit_testing.assert_has_valid_dag(module)