diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 50a005e1..246b121e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ class ServerlessPythonRequirements {
         this.serverless.service.custom.pythonRequirements) ||
         {}
     );
+    if (
+      options.pythonBin === this.serverless.service.provider.runtime &&
+      !options.pythonBin.startsWith('python')
+    ) {
+      options.pythonBin = 'python';
+    }
+
     if (options.dockerizePip === 'non-linux') {
       options.dockerizePip = process.platform !== 'linux';
     }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index c7232a6e..1f646e9c 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1655,6 +1655,15 @@ test('poetry py3.7 fails packaging if poetry.lock is missing and flag requirePoe
   t.end();
 });
 
+test('works with provider.runtime not being python', async (t) => {
+  process.chdir('tests/base');
+  const path = npm(['pack', '../..']);
+  npm(['i', path]);
+  sls(['package'], { env: { runtime: 'nodejs12.x' } });
+  t.true(pathExistsSync('.serverless/hello.zip'), 'function hello is packaged');
+  t.end();
+});
+
 test('poetry py3.7 packages additional optional packages', async (t) => {
   process.chdir('tests/poetry_packages');
   const path = npm(['pack', '../..']);