diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pyx/template b/srcpkgs/python-pyx/template
index 12fe9e4957c..f6ae9e0eb39 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pyx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pyx/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="PyX-${version}"
 build_style=python2-module
+pycompile_module="pyx"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python texlive-bin"
 short_desc="Python library for the creation of PostScript and PDF files"