diff --git a/srcpkgs/hydrogen/template b/srcpkgs/hydrogen/template
index 68a0735fc42..fed24a7e531 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hydrogen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hydrogen/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.hydrogen-music.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hydrogen-music/hydrogen/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1e0f3d9eae901ef5f11a61e2a446b1d819f3b38e2476a2b382cc02dea693c2b7
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt-host-tools qt-devel"