diff --git a/srcpkgs/hplip/template b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
index 397508c55a3..c6bc1a9b0df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hplip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'hplip'
 pkgname=hplip
 version=3.20.9
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/hplip"
+# configure checks sys.version[:3] for Python versioning, so 3.10 becomes 3.1;
+# until this is fixed upstream, manually define am_cv_python_version to circumvent
 configure_args="
  --enable-gui-build
  --disable-qt4
@@ -17,7 +19,8 @@ configure_args="
  --enable-hpijs-install
  --enable-foomatic-drv-install
  --enable-pp-build
- --with-mimedir=/usr/share/cups/mime"
+ --with-mimedir=/usr/share/cups/mime
+ am_cv_python_version=${py3_ver}"
 conf_files="/etc/hp/hplip.conf"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/hp 0755 root root"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake libtool python3"