--- /dev/null
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ project('freetype2', 'c',
+ # running an external command is required.
+
+ python = import('python')
+-python_exe = python.find_installation(required: true)
++python_exe = 'python3'
+
+ ft2_version = run_command(python_exe,
+ files('builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py'),