diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pyFFTW/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pyFFTW/template
index 93d3d9079d6..055a53fe833 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pyFFTW/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pyFFTW/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=python3-pyFFTW
 version=0.13.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython python3-numpy"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython0.29 python3-numpy"
 makedepends="fftw-devel python3-devel"
 depends="python3-numpy"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest-xdist python3-scipy $depends"