diff --git a/srcpkgs/gimp/template b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
index 8d1bed18de7..c9f735a541b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gimp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://www.gimp.org"
 distfiles="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v${version%.*}/gimp-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=65bfe111e8eebffd3dde3016ccb507f9948d2663d9497cb438d9bb609e11d716
+python_version=2 #unverified
 lib32disabled=yes
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in