diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 96fc2e139a..80d8aa4728 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ pyopt = get_option('plpython')
 python3_dep = not_found_dep
 if not pyopt.disabled()
   pm = import('python')
-  python3_inst = pm.find_installation(required: pyopt)
+  python3_inst = pm.find_installation(python.path(), required: pyopt)
   if python3_inst.found()
     python3_dep = python3_inst.dependency(embed: true, required: pyopt)
     # Remove this check after we depend on Meson >= 1.1.0