diff --git a/mingw.yml b/mingw.yml
index 05f7a929..2a397560 100644
--- a/mingw.yml
+++ b/mingw.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ install:
 
 
 build_script:
+    - cmd: set   CMD=which python3 python
     - cmd: set   CMD=mkdir -p build
     - cmd: set   CMD=%CMD%; cd build    
     - cmd: set   CMD=%CMD%; cmake .. -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=98 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated