diff --git a/CI/kuiper/AppRun b/CI/kuiper/AppRun
index 9a575a5c17..f66a8dcf19 100755
--- a/CI/kuiper/AppRun
+++ b/CI/kuiper/AppRun
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$HERE/usr/plugins
 export QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH=$HERE/usr/plugins/platforms
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HERE/usr/lib
 
+python_dir=$(find "$HERE/usr/lib/" -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "python3.*")
+export PYTHONHOME=$python_dir
+export PYTHONPATH=$python_dir:$python_dir/lib-dynload:$python_dir/site-packages:$python_dir/encodings
+echo "Starting Scopy"
+ldd $HERE/usr/bin/scopy
 exec $HERE/usr/bin/scopy
diff --git a/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_config.sh b/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_config.sh
index d9d53f5683..157d6f7978 100644
--- a/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_config.sh
+++ b/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_config.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ QWT_BRANCH=qwt-multiaxes-updated
 LIBTINYIIOD_BRANCH=master
 IIOEMU_BRANCH=master
 
+export APPIMAGE=1
+
+PYTHON_VERSION=python3.9 # default python version used in CI scripts, can be changed to match locally installed python
+
 STAGING_AREA=$SRC_DIR/CI/kuiper/staging
 SYSROOT=$STAGING_AREA/sysroot
 SYSROOT_TAR=$STAGING_AREA/sysroot.tar.gz
diff --git a/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_process.sh b/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_process.sh
index fba1523027..304ca9b0e0 100755
--- a/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_process.sh
+++ b/CI/kuiper/kuiper_build_process.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ set_config_opts() {
 install_packages() {
 	sudo apt update
 	sudo apt install -y build-essential cmake unzip gfortran gcc git bison libtool \
-		python3 pip gperf pkg-config gdb-multiarch g++ flex texinfo gawk openssl \
+		${PYTHON_VERSION}-full pip gperf pkg-config gdb-multiarch g++ flex texinfo gawk openssl \
 		pigz libncurses-dev autoconf automake tar figlet liborc-0.4-dev* patchelf libc6-dev-armhf-cross squashfs-tools
 	pip install mako
 }
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ build_scopy() {
 	echo "### Building scopy"
 	pushd $SRC_DIR
 	CURRENT_BUILD_CMAKE_OPTS="\
-		-DCLONE_IIO_EMU=OFF
+		-DCLONE_IIO_EMU=OFF \
+		-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3.9
 		"
 	build_with_cmake
 	popd
@@ -302,7 +303,10 @@ create_appdir(){
 
 
 	cp -r $QT_LOCATION/plugins $APP_DIR/usr
-	cp -r $SYSROOT/lib/python3.9 $APP_DIR/usr/lib
+	# search for the python version linked by cmake and copy inside the appimage the same version
+	FOUND_PYTHON_VERSION=$(grep 'PYTHON_VERSION' $SRC_DIR/build/CMakeCache.txt | awk -F= '{print $2}' | grep -o 'python[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+')
+	python_path=/usr/lib/$FOUND_PYTHON_VERSION
+	cp -r $python_path $APP_DIR/usr/lib
 	cp -r $SYSROOT/share/libsigrokdecode/decoders  $APP_DIR/usr/lib
 
 	cp $QT_LOCATION/lib/libQt5XcbQpa.so* $APP_DIR/usr/lib
@@ -326,6 +330,7 @@ create_appdir(){
 	cp $SYSROOT/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXdmcp.so* $APP_DIR/usr/lib
 	cp $SYSROOT/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXau.so* $APP_DIR/usr/lib
 	cp $SYSROOT/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb.so* $APP_DIR/usr/lib
+	cp $SYSROOT/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libffi.so* $APP_DIR/usr/lib
 }
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0723fcc9ca..10ecef8fb6 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,8 +27,17 @@ if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
 else()
 	message(STATUS "Using default Python EXECUTABLE")
 endif()
-find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
-message (STATUS "Found Python " ${Python3_VERSION} " at " ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} " and " ${Python3_LIBRARY})
+
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES arm)
+	find_package(Python3 3.9 EXACT REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+	message (STATUS "Host Python Interpreter " ${Python3_EXECUTABLE})
+	set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${CMAKE_SYSROOT}/bin/python3.9)
+	message (STATUS "Target Python Interpreter " ${Python3_EXECUTABLE})
+else()
+	find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+	message (STATUS "Python Interpreter " ${Python3_EXECUTABLE})
+	message (STATUS "Python Libraries " ${Python3_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
 set(PYTHON_VERSION python${Python3_VERSION_MAJOR}.${Python3_VERSION_MINOR} CACHE STRING "PYTHON_USED")
 
 function(dump_cmake_variables)