diff --git a/srcpkgs/cifs-utils/template b/srcpkgs/cifs-utils/template
index c6baf544d8b..2fffc648f97 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cifs-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cifs-utils/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils"
 distfiles="https://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=92fc29c8e9039637f3344267500f1fa381e2cccd7d10142f0c1676fa575904a7
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi