diff --git a/static/meson.build b/static/meson.build
index cf43624ea..5c6d2899b 100644
--- a/static/meson.build
+++ b/static/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-resource_files = run_command(find_program('python'),
+resource_files = run_command(find_program('python3'),
                     '-c',
                     'import sys; f=open(sys.argv[1]); print(f.read())',
                     files('resources_list.txt')