diff --git a/srcpkgs/mc/template b/srcpkgs/mc/template
index 0a2d0ff8e1c..b2a4a82349d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mc/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ homepage="http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/"
 distfiles="http://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads/mc-${version}.tar.xz"
 #distfiles="http://fossies.org/linux/misc/mc-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=859f1cc070450bf6eb4d319ffcb6a5ac29deb0ac0d81559fb2e71242b1176d46
+python_version=2 #unverified
 
 conf_files="
  /etc/mc/filehighlight.ini