diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index a2279a51ef76cd842bb98a83b59326fb61fabcd5..0f2214b91e44d179542bf68f36296ca6c3a79a2b 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ buildldflags="VL_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--build-id"
     --interp-prefix=%{_prefix}/qemu-%%M \
     --firmwarepath=%{_datadir}/%{name}    \
     --with-pkgversion=%{name}-%{version}-%{release} \
+    --python=/usr/bin/python3 \
     --disable-strip \
     --disable-werror  \
     --disable-slirp  \