diff --git a/srcpkgs/lyx/template b/srcpkgs/lyx/template
index ecc200d08f..3141ad5426 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lyx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lyx/template
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ homepage="https://www.lyx.org/Home"
 #distfiles="ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/${pkgname}/stable/2.3.x/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 distfiles="https://fossies.org/linux/misc/lyx-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=0cda89b9cb17dad219e7bc3efd5f3932ed8c5dc2efb64fb23e630374b9b46b32
+python_version=2 #unverified