diff --git a/packages/ldc/build.sh b/packages/ldc/build.sh
index 5a653ebe0..63d35e9c7 100644
--- a/packages/ldc/build.sh
+++ b/packages/ldc/build.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
 -DLLVM_BUILD_UTILS=OFF
 -DLLVM_TABLEGEN=$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/bin/llvm-tblgen
--DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=`which python`
+-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=`which python3`
 "
 TERMUX_PKG_KEEP_STATIC_LIBRARIES=true
 TERMUX_PKG_NO_DEVELSPLIT=yes
diff --git a/packages/libllvm/build.sh b/packages/libllvm/build.sh
index 217fd02c7..34670b441 100644
--- a/packages/libllvm/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libllvm/build.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="gcc, clang (<< 3.9.1-3)"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES=gcc
 # See http://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html:
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
--DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=`which python`
+-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=`which python3`
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_PIC=ON
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=OFF
 -DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=OFF