diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/waf.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/waf.bbclass
index 01707c8e2c..5077e3aeea 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/waf.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/waf.bbclass
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
 
+inherit python3native
+
 # avoids build breaks when using no-static-libs.inc
 DISABLE_STATIC = ""