diff --git a/srcpkgs/tdb/template b/srcpkgs/tdb/template
index 55a85fa2c1..234f7f455c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tdb/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Add_dependency run libtdb
 
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
 Add_dependency build automake
-Add_dependency build python
+Add_dependency build python-devel
 Add_dependency build libxslt
 
 pre_configure()