diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a5219fe1bf1..7e38ea88ca7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ if get_option('allow-kcmp') \
 endif
 
 # On Windows, a venv has no versioned aliased to 'python'.
-prog_python = find_program('python', 'python3', version : '>= 3.8')
+prog_python = find_program('python3', 'python', version : '>= 3.8')
 
 has_mako = run_command(
   prog_python, '-c',