diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-snappy/template b/srcpkgs/python3-snappy/template
index 9b66fc65ca1..51594f2e8d3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-snappy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-snappy/template
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 pkgname=python3-snappy
 _pkgname=python-snappy
 version=0.5.4
-revision=5
+revision=6
 wrksrc=$_pkgname-$version
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python3-devel snappy-devel python3-cffi libffi-devel"
+depends="python3"
 short_desc="Python library for the snappy compression library from Google"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"