diff --git a/.travis_scripts/meson_builder.sh b/.travis_scripts/meson_builder.sh
index 0820c890c..1fdd8f65d 100755
--- a/.travis_scripts/meson_builder.sh
+++ b/.travis_scripts/meson_builder.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ _COMPILER_NAME=`basename ${CXX}`
 _BUILD_DIR_NAME="build-${BUILD_TYPE}_${LIB_TYPE}_${_COMPILER_NAME}"
 
 ./.travis_scripts/run-clang-format.sh
-meson --buildtype ${BUILD_TYPE} --default-library ${LIB_TYPE} . "${_BUILD_DIR_NAME}"
+meson --fatal-meson-warnings --werror --buildtype ${BUILD_TYPE} --default-library ${LIB_TYPE} . "${_BUILD_DIR_NAME}"
 ninja -v -j 2 -C "${_BUILD_DIR_NAME}"
 
 cd "${_BUILD_DIR_NAME}"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 65dcffa8c..aa50d8fbc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jsoncpp_dep = declare_dependency(
   )
 
 # tests
-python = import('python3').find_python()
+python = import('python').find_installation()
 
 jsoncpp_test = executable(
   'jsoncpp_test',