diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
index d3a5ad1..839ab1c 100644
--- a/doc/meson.build
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 install_man(['mpd.1', 'mpd.conf.5'])
 
-sphinx = find_program('sphinx-build')
+sphinx = find_program('sphinx-build-3')
 sphinx_output = custom_target(
   'HTML documentation',
   output: 'html',