diff --git a/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template b/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template
index a2004480332..9aea7de4ec7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-dvbscan --disable-ffmpeg_static
 --disable-hdhomerun_static --disable-bintray_cache --disable-libx264_static
 --disable-libx265_static --disable-libvpx_static --disable-libtheora_static
 --disable-libvorbis_static --disable-libfdkaac_static"
-hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config python git which"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config python3 git which"
 makedepends="avahi-libs-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel libcurl-devel ffmpeg-devel"
 short_desc="TV streaming server"
 maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"