--- /dev/null
+--- a/build/meson/meson.build
++++ b/build/meson/meson.build
+@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ project('zstd',
+ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+ cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+ pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
+-python3 = import('python').find_installation()
+ windows_mod = import('windows')
+
+ host_machine_os = host_machine.system()
+@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ compiler_msvc = 'msvc'
+ zstd_version = meson.project_version()
+
+ zstd_h_file = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), '../../lib/zstd.h')
+-GetZstdLibraryVersion_py = files('GetZstdLibraryVersion.py')
+-r = run_command(python3, GetZstdLibraryVersion_py, zstd_h_file)
++GetZstdLibraryVersion_py = find_program('GetZstdLibraryVersion.py', native : true)
++r = run_command(GetZstdLibraryVersion_py, zstd_h_file)
+ if r.returncode() == 0
+ zstd_version = r.stdout().strip()
+ message('Project version is now: @0@'.format(zstd_version))