diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ec0ae529f0..8d7a3e87e2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -112,5 +112,5 @@ endif
 
 subdir('validate')
 
-python3 = find_program('python3')
+python3 = import('python3').find_python()
 run_command(python3, '-c', 'import shutil; shutil.copy("hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook", ".git/hooks/pre-commit")')