diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
index de41a980f89..d160c90702b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'geany-plugins'
 pkgname=geany-plugins
 version=1.33.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-all-plugins"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel intltool libtool pkg-config vala
@@ -17,13 +17,22 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/geany/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgna
 checksum=e889073b573452c91b4d3d87ce45bd4bb57f63e4cde03dea25b6304c5a89bf55
 
 pre_configure() {
+	# Force python2.7 (configure seems to find the python3 libs for some reason)
+	rm /usr/bin/python
+	ln -s python2 /usr/bin/python
+
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 
+
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# Use cross prefix for python
 		sed -e "s;-L\$ac_python_libdir;-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib;g" \
 			-e "s;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=\$python_path;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7;g" -i configure
+	else
+		sed -e "s;-L\$ac_python_libdir;-L/usr/lib;g" \
+			-e "s;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=\$python_path;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/python2.7;g" -i configure
 	fi
+
 }
 
 pre_build() {