diff --git a/srcpkgs/moosefs/template b/srcpkgs/moosefs/template
index d208c1d3bd..1c5b3787d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/moosefs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/moosefs/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://moosefs.org/"
 distfiles="http://ppa.moosefs.com/src/moosefs-${version}-1.tar.gz"
 checksum=68aa5dbcc837ea8f187a2baefa54cd00b2bafd58eb2745c0de98fa10c90c587a
+python_version=2 #unverified
 system_accounts="_mfs"
 
 pre_configure() {