diff --git a/srcpkgs/unoconv/template b/srcpkgs/unoconv/template
index bc5ced5a5ef..1a6c2c913e9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/unoconv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/unoconv/template
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/dagwieers/unoconv"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6ca6cf4db7f113a435558261b8335e256fec3346a6323a9c2823b69697700e8e
+python_version=2