diff --git a/srcpkgs/kodi/template b/srcpkgs/kodi/template
index edd7f76803f..e32016388f5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kodi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kodi/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.kodi.tv"
 distfiles="https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/archive/${version}-${_codename}.tar.gz"
 checksum=47e6d7d4e01dbda92ff83a3e141ac43003e918133e78b3a4b79faff65184711c
+python_version=2 #unverified
 patch_args="-Np1"
 LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,-z,stack-size=1048576"