diff --git a/srcpkgs/sdcc/template b/srcpkgs/sdcc/template
index d6f8da0a97..d0e457f764 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sdcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sdcc/template
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/sdcc/${pkgname}-src-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=94ecae73faf7f3feee307f89dfe3cef2d7866293c7909ea05b3b33c88d67c036
+python_version=2 #unverified
 nostrip=yes