diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 07581d9c5a4ff1..ca2cd8aa9e6358 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ command -v python3.8 >/dev/null && exec python3.8 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.7 >/dev/null && exec python3.7 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.6 >/dev/null && exec python3.6 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.5 >/dev/null && exec python3.5 "$0" "$@"
+command -v python3 >/dev/null && exec python3 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python2.7 >/dev/null && exec python2.7 "$0" "$@"
 exec python "$0" "$@"
 ''' "$0" "$@"