diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92fb9685951dab60c8299f9afad3d3a454d29e35..f1d575f74360e01d96b8942f8ad20f3cb944b201 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/*
 )
 include(FindPythonInterp)
+find_package(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
 execute_process(
     COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/gen-resources.py
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}