diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/template b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
index aaca929e31e..e9b9c38eedc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ homepage="https://dbus.freedesktop.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freedesktop/dbus/dbus-1.12/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=54a22d2fa42f2eb2a871f32811c6005b531b9613b1b93a0d269b05e7549fec80
+python_version=2 #unverified
 conf_files="/etc/dbus-1/*.conf"
 
 # Create dbus:22 system account.