diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6d3b665..56320ae 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@
 genh += configure_file(output: 'config-host.h', configuration: config_host_data)
 
 hxtool = find_program('scripts/hxtool')
-shaderinclude = find_program('scripts/shaderinclude.pl')
+shaderinclude = find_program('scripts/shaderinclude.py')
 qapi_gen = find_program('scripts/qapi-gen.py')
 qapi_gen_depends = [ meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/__init__.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/commands.py',