diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a42d77976..b790af575 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
   GIT_TAG        v2.11.1
 )
+set(PYBIND11_FINDPYTHON ON)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11-src)
 endif()