diff --git a/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template b/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template
index daf32d3df74..6a5ff2676a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rrdtool/template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://oss.oetiker.ch/${pkgname}"
 distfiles="http://oss.oetiker.ch/${pkgname}/pub/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a199faeb7eff7cafc46fac253e682d833d08932f3db93a550a4a5af180ca58db
+python_version=2 #unverified
 nocross=yes
 
 python-rrdtool_package() {