diff --git a/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template b/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
index b529d06771e..6d60964ace1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nghttp2/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://nghttp2.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/nghttp2/releases/download/v${version}/nghttp2-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=09fc43d428ff237138733c737b29fb1a7e49d49de06d2edbed3bc4cdcee69073
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 post_install() {
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man