diff --git a/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py b/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py
--- a/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py
+++ b/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@
         # make sure that craftroot bin is the first to look for dlls etc
         self.prependEnvVar("PATH", os.path.join(CraftCore.standardDirs.craftRoot(), "bin"))
         self.prependEnvVar("PATH", os.path.join(CraftCore.standardDirs.craftRoot(), "dev-utils", "bin"))
+        # Prefer the same python we used to run this script (ie: the python from CraftSettings)
+        self.prependEnvVar("PATH", os.path.dirname(os.environ["CRAFT_PYTHON"]))
 
         # add python site packages to pythonpath
         self.prependEnvVar("PYTHONPATH", os.path.join(CraftCore.standardDirs.craftRoot(), "lib", "site-packages"))