diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/template b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
index 647de303fb2..37d43a99429 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/gdb/gdb-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=115ad5c18d69a6be2ab15882d365dda2a2211c14f480b3502c6eba576e2e95a0
 make_check=extended  # Tests take too long, not all of them pass.
 
+python_version="3"
+
 ignore_elf_files="
  /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/support.go
  /usr/share/gdb/guile/gdb/experimental.go