diff --git a/srcpkgs/hugin/template b/srcpkgs/hugin/template
index 3c60ab2346..40142a3f79 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hugin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hugin/template
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8ba6bdfea246313f142f17f42e066c6888f51b72e4f8814b5e1c84ff56a95a3e
+python_version=3
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" python3"