diff --git a/srcpkgs/gufw/template b/srcpkgs/gufw/template
index 8ba5048a81a..584d157d8c1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gufw/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gufw/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="gui-ufw-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
+pycompile_module="gufw"
 depends="python3-gobject net-tools ufw gtk+3"
 hostmakedepends="python3-distutils-extra intltool $depends"
 short_desc="GTK+ frontend for ufw"