diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template b/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template
index cdc175bdba4..925990ba141 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnuradio.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=03fd01f0b27033befb91709b3d56f95e0869b5fb8bc71bec2662266a3f0dedf5
+python_version=3
 
 post_install() {
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/gnuradio/examples/audio/dial_tone \