diff --git a/package/piglit/piglit.mk b/package/piglit/piglit.mk
index 4f95e77cfd..d4753b9f7a 100644
--- a/package/piglit/piglit.mk
+++ b/package/piglit/piglit.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ PIGLIT_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf \
 PIGLIT_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DPIGLIT_USE_WAFFLE=ON \
 	-DPIGLIT_BUILD_CL_TESTS=OFF \
-	-DPIGLIT_BUILD_WGL_TESTS=OFF
+	-DPIGLIT_BUILD_WGL_TESTS=OFF \
+	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python3
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7),y)
 # libxcb for xcb-dri2