diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
index 9faaf98854b..9c2e42199cc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://openvswitch.org/"
 distfiles="http://openvswitch.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=13fd42703180b4b1146c7e97926d09225485868cc2fbbd58dc0c421b4b8fe8f8
+python_version=2 #unverified
 _completiondir="/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
 make_install_args+=" completiondir=${_completiondir}"