diff --git a/srcpkgs/geda/template b/srcpkgs/geda/template
index 0b5202da17..fbce8bbf73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geda/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geda/template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ homepage="http://www.geda-project.org/"
 distfiles="http://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v${version%.*}/${version}/geda-gaf-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5eb7a619f9d9cbcfa895468d6eae888d7e1d519dfff717b9f8f22fbeb37a3b1a
 CFLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+python_version=2
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" != "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" ]; then