diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook b/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook
index a5ccf1fd27..bf05bb3e17 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # commit. They are executed in the order in which they are listed.
 ###########################################################
 
-HOOKS="scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit.hook scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-python.hook"
+HOOKS="scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit.hook scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-invoke-python.hook"
 
 # exit on error
 set -e
diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-invoke-python.hook b/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-invoke-python.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c0994484c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-invoke-python.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PYTHON="python3"
+if [[ $OS =~ Windows ]]; then
+  if type -p py &>/dev/null; then
+    PYTHON="py -3"
+  elif type -p python &>/dev/null; then
+    PYTHON="python"
+  fi
+fi
+
+$PYTHON "`dirname $0`/pre-commit-python.hook"
diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-python.hook b/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-python.hook
index 57452226c4..15ed76566f 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-python.hook
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-python.hook
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys