diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsearpc/template b/srcpkgs/libsearpc/template
index a4a92d3d66d..1aed9159ab9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsearpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsearpc/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ license="LGPL-3.0-or-later, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://seafile.com"
 distfiles="https://github.com/haiwen/libsearpc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c479d85e405674c3450eac040abe143af5a9fafe7f1b74926e2a05280ab5420e
+python_version=3
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh