diff --git a/srcpkgs/libosmocore/template b/srcpkgs/libosmocore/template
index 51242a6137b..06176b1fd5f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libosmocore/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libosmocore/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--exec-prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib
  --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libosmocore"
-hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool git pkg-config python"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool git pkg-config python3"
 makedepends="pcsclite-devel talloc-devel gnutls-devel"
 short_desc="Core libs for osmocom"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"