diff --git a/srcpkgs/dpdk/template b/srcpkgs/dpdk/template
index 2bd4700e81a..ac9e822ec72 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dpdk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dpdk/template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause, GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://www.dpdk.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/DPDK/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1ceff1a6f4f8d5f6f62c1682097249227ac5225ccd9638e0af09f5411c681038
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	armv7l*) configure_args+=" -Dmachine=armv7-a";;