diff --git a/srcpkgs/smem/template b/srcpkgs/smem/template
index 3f2b436e98e..4deaca61567 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/smem/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/smem/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.selenic.com/smem"
 distfiles="https://selenic.com/repo/smem/archive/${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=950c39ee8b1e051866564b25c36a6113eae2617e597b8302324bb8ee57d82ba6
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 do_build() {
 	$CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o smemcap smemcap.c