--- /dev/null
+--- a/contrib/meson/meson.build
++++ b/contrib/meson/meson.build
+@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ compiler_msvc = 'msvc'
+ lz4_version = meson.project_version()
+
+ lz4_h_file = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), '../../lib/lz4.h')
+-GetLz4LibraryVersion_py = files('GetLz4LibraryVersion.py')
+-r = run_command(python3, GetLz4LibraryVersion_py, lz4_h_file)
++GetLz4LibraryVersion_py = find_program('GetLz4LibraryVersion.py', native : true)
++r = run_command(GetLz4LibraryVersion_py, lz4_h_file)
+ if r.returncode() == 0
+ lz4_version = r.stdout().strip()
+ message('Project version is now: @0@'.format(lz4_version))