diff --git a/build_files/cmake/cmake_consistency_check.py b/build_files/cmake/cmake_consistency_check.py
index be68455a113..65a9442a90d 100755
--- a/build_files/cmake/cmake_consistency_check.py
+++ b/build_files/cmake/cmake_consistency_check.py
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 
 # <pep8 compliant>
 
+import sys
+if not sys.version.startswith("3"):
+    print("\nPython3.x needed, found %s.\nAborting!\n" %
+          sys.version.partition(" ")[0])
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 from cmake_consistency_check_config import IGNORE, UTF8_CHECK, SOURCE_DIR
 
 import os
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/project_info.py b/build_files/cmake/project_info.py
index 7162b324f94..dca41849a49 100755
--- a/build_files/cmake/project_info.py
+++ b/build_files/cmake/project_info.py
@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ __all__ = (
     "project_name_get"
 )
 
+
 import sys
+if not sys.version.startswith("3"):
+    print("\nPython3.x needed, found %s.\nAborting!\n" %
+          sys.version.partition(" ")[0])
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
 import os
 from os.path import join, dirname, normpath, abspath, splitext, exists
 
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/project_source_info.py b/build_files/cmake/project_source_info.py
index d4b48ccd859..a39ed94bd69 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/project_source_info.py
+++ b/build_files/cmake/project_source_info.py
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ __all__ = (
     "SOURCE_DIR",
     )
 
+
+import sys
+if not sys.version.startswith("3"):
+    print("\nPython3.x needed, found %s.\nAborting!\n" %
+          sys.version.partition(" ")[0])
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
 import os
 from os.path import join, dirname, normpath, abspath