diff --git a/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template b/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template
index 521246b7ba6..c68cdca0338 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/docker-compose/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.8.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="compose-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
+build_style=python2-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
 depends="python-setuptools python-jsonschema python-docker-py python-dockerpty
  python-websocket-client python-requests python-docopt python-yaml python-six