diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 74344511b1..9e8947a14b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -278,5 +278,5 @@ subdir('pkgconfig')
 
 configure_file(output : 'config.h', configuration : cdata)
 
-python3 = find_program('python3')
+python3 = import('python3').find_python()
 run_command(python3, '-c', 'import shutil; shutil.copy("hooks/pre-commit.hook", ".git/hooks/pre-commit")')