--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ domainext = 'info'
 gitrepo = 'https://codeberg.org/' + authornickname + '/' + prettyname
 website = 'https://apps.gnome.org/Komikku/'
 
-python = import('python')
-py_installation = python.find_installation('python3')
+py_installation = import('python').find_installation('@PYTHON@')
 if not py_installation.found()
     error('No valid python3 binary found')
 else