diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
index 1f914c86859ccb..8367583149b506 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
@@ -182,9 +182,12 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program VAR)
         set(HASH 47c1518d1da939e3ba6722c54747778b93a44c525bcb358b253c23b2510374a49a43739c8d0454cedade858f54efa6319763ba33316fdc721305bc457efe4ffb)
       endif()
       set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python/${SUBDIR})
+    elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+      # macOS includes Python 2.7 built-in as `python`
+      set(PROGNAME python)
+      set(BREW_PACKAGE_NAME "python2")
     else()
       set(PROGNAME python2)
-      set(BREW_PACKAGE_NAME "python2")
       set(APT_PACKAGE_NAME "python")
     endif()
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "RUBY")