diff --git a/srcpkgs/Ice/template b/srcpkgs/Ice/template
index ebc50447ded..d9f68fde12b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Ice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Ice/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only, ICE"
 homepage="http://www.zeroc.com"
 distfiles="${homepage}/download/Ice/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=989e51194c6adadbd156da3288e37bad847b93b3b876502e83033b70493af392
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# Cross build requires the host's slice2cpp and slice2freeze