diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template
index 63b9cc4d77b..46bfb77b920 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4ee710087687c8de142329d95085f5cba66e454a2c9ea7ec11e1f4b476d6d1ac
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 build_options="ssl libuv http_parser icu nghttp2 cares"
 desc_option_ssl="Enable shared libressl"