diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ee30d4cb..717ba67b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -391,8 +391,15 @@ add_subdirectory(renderdoc)
 if(ENABLE_QRENDERDOC OR ENABLE_PYRENDERDOC)
     # Make sure Python 3 is found
     set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4)
-    find_package(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
-    find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+    if(NOT ${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.12")
+        find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+        set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE ${Python_EXECUTABLE})
+        set(PYTHON_LIBRARY ${Python_LIBRARIES})
+        set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    else()
+        find_package(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
+        find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+endif()
     # we also need python3-config for swig
     if(NOT EXISTS "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}-config" AND NOT EXISTS "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}-config")
         message(FATAL_ERROR "We require ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}-config or ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}-config to build swig, please install the python dev package for your system.")