diff --git a/srcpkgs/brltty/template b/srcpkgs/brltty/template
index aae12b5ac3..a85530e651 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/brltty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/brltty/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://mielke.cc/brltty/"
 distfiles="http://mielke.cc/brltty/archive/brltty-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=cfa80c2d171a4d92d7a327b1942e6fc463669b1c3bb658bfb3323b723f9096f7
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*) configure_args="${configure_args} --with-ports-package=glibc";;