diff --git a/srcpkgs/soundconverter/template b/srcpkgs/soundconverter/template
index bf027d541d1..1bda4743513 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/soundconverter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/soundconverter/template
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://soundconverter.org/"
 distfiles="https://launchpad.net/${pkgname}/trunk/${version}/+download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=21d0b97bd4800a8e07840cf0ec035fa84a71a10c8cdadf5ea671880805aa68cb
+python_version=3
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" gtk+3-devel gstreamer1-devel"