diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f71e1a146829..d868cc965c81 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2572,7 +2572,7 @@ tracetool_depends = files(
   'scripts/tracetool/vcpu.py'
 )
 
-qemu_version_cmd = [find_program('scripts/qemu-version.sh'),
+qemu_version_cmd = [find_program('scripts/qemu-version.py'),
                     meson.current_source_dir(),
                     config_host['PKGVERSION'], meson.project_version()]
 qemu_version = custom_target('qemu-version.h',
diff --git a/scripts/qemu-version.py b/scripts/qemu-version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcef9c1ba629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qemu-version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+#
+# Script for retrieve qemu git version information
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Yonggang Luo <luoyonggang@gmail.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.1
+# or, at your option, any later version. See the COPYING file in
+# the top-level directory.
+
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import os
+import os.path
+
+def main(_program, dir, pkgversion, version, *unused):
+    os.chdir(dir)
+    if not pkgversion and os.path.exists('.git'):
+        pc = subprocess.run(
+            ['git', 'describe', '--match', 'v*', '--dirty', '--always'],
+            env=dict(os.environ, CYGWIN="noglob", MSYS='noglob'),
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            encoding='utf8', shell=False)
+        if pc.returncode == 0:
+            pkgversion = pc.stdout.strip()
+
+    fullversion = version
+    if pkgversion:
+        fullversion = "{} ({})".format(version, pkgversion)
+
+    print('#define QEMU_PKGVERSION "%s"' % pkgversion)
+    print('#define QEMU_FULL_VERSION "%s"' % fullversion)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(*sys.argv)
diff --git a/scripts/qemu-version.sh b/scripts/qemu-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3f6e7e6d41d8..000000000000
--- a/scripts/qemu-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -eu
-
-dir="$1"
-pkgversion="$2"
-version="$3"
-
-if [ -z "$pkgversion" ]; then
-    cd "$dir"
-    if [ -e .git ]; then
-        pkgversion=$(git describe --match 'v*' --dirty) || :
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$pkgversion" ]; then
-    fullversion="$version ($pkgversion)"
-else
-    fullversion="$version"
-fi
-
-cat <<EOF
-#define QEMU_PKGVERSION "$pkgversion"
-#define QEMU_FULL_VERSION "$fullversion"
-EOF