2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc
index 34ab8e6401..c04297cad0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ SRC_URI_append = " \
             file://0011-fix-libcap-header-issue-on-some-distro.patch \
             file://0012-cpus.c-Add-error-messages-when-qemi_cpu_kick_thread-.patch \
             "
-EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --python=python2.7"
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE_append = " LD='${LD}' AR='${AR}' OBJCOPY='${OBJCOPY}' LDFLAGS='${LDFLAGS}'"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index 32379708e4..dfe17eed8b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ export LIBTOOL="${HOST_SYS}-libtool"
 
 B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
 
+EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --python=${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/python3"
+
 do_configure_prepend_class-native() {
         # Append build host pkg-config paths for native target since the host may provide sdl
         BHOST_PKGCONFIG_PATH=$(PATH=/usr/bin:/bin pkg-config --variable pc_path pkg-config || echo "")