diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 98f5f1ea..0921c0cc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ if [ $have_python3 -eq 1 ]; then
     printf "Checking for python3 pytest (>= 3.0)... "
     conf=$(mktemp)
     printf "[pytest]\nminversion=3.0\n" > $conf
-    if pytest-3 -c $conf --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if "$python" -m pytest -c $conf --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         printf "Yes.\n"
         have_python3_pytest=1
     else