diff --git a/cmake/ProjectBinaryen.cmake b/cmake/ProjectBinaryen.cmake
index fd84b0705..b10d3a2bd 100644
--- a/cmake/ProjectBinaryen.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ProjectBinaryen.cmake
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(binaryen
     BINARY_DIR ${binary_dir}
     URL https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/archive/1.38.9.tar.gz
     URL_HASH SHA256=f8c6d4deb83dba8709c4df9f7983080ec0f9412e88899767ed2815b911ce1ebd
+    PATCH_COMMAND sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/patch_binaryen.sh
     CMAKE_ARGS
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/cmake/patch_binaryen.sh b/cmake/patch_binaryen.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fd6e34b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/patch_binaryen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+sed -iE 's/COMMAND python /COMMAND /' src/passes/CMakeLists.txt
+sed -iE 's/\#\!/usr/bin/env python/#!/usr/bin/env python2/' scripts/embedwast.py