diff --git a/third_party/git/git_configure.bzl b/third_party/git/git_configure.bzl
index fc18fdb9883..3ce64242af6 100644
--- a/third_party/git/git_configure.bzl
+++ b/third_party/git/git_configure.bzl
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ def _get_python_bin(repository_ctx):
     python_bin = repository_ctx.os.environ.get(_PYTHON_BIN_PATH)
     if python_bin != None:
         return python_bin
+    python_bin_path = repository_ctx.which("python3")
+    if python_bin_path != None:
+        return str(python_bin_path)
     python_bin_path = repository_ctx.which("python")
     if python_bin_path != None:
         return str(python_bin_path)