diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/template b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
index 883873b8913..e32cec9c917 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=699e0ec832fdd2f21c8266171ea5bf44024bd05164fdf064e4d10cc4cf0d1737
+python_version=3
 patch_args="-Np1"
 
 if [ "${CROSS_BUILD}" ]; then