diff --git a/cmake/init.cmake b/cmake/init.cmake
index e9d1891d6b..0bbb0801c6 100644
--- a/cmake/init.cmake
+++ b/cmake/init.cmake
@@ -72,3 +72,5 @@ if (UNIX)
   # This will need to be looked at closely before Linux can have a static build.
   set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
 endif ()
+
+find_package(Python3 REQUIRED)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/macros/AutoScribeShader.cmake b/cmake/macros/AutoScribeShader.cmake
index f1d50f8a48..d59fdd736f 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/AutoScribeShader.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/AutoScribeShader.cmake
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ macro(AUTOSCRIBE_SHADER_LIBS)
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${SCRIBED_SHADERS} ${SPIRV_SHADERS} ${REFLECTED_SHADERS}
         COMMENT "Generating/updating shaders"
-        COMMAND python ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/shadergen.py 
+        COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/shadergen.py 
             --commands ${AUTOSCRIBE_SHADERGEN_COMMANDS_FILE} 
             --glslang "${GLSLANG_DIR}/glslangValidator"
             --scribe "${SCRIBE_DIR}/scribe"