diff --git a/srcpkgs/wicd/template b/srcpkgs/wicd/template
index 151c326c72..fe0fe79d3c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wicd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wicd/template
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://wicd.sourceforge.net"
 distfiles="http://launchpad.net/wicd/1.7/${version}/+download/wicd-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=67989614004773db349791c37675efb914d084bdb221356a05e4369c35e7eb62
+python_version=2
 
 do_build() {
 	python2 setup.py configure --verbose --no-install-init \