diff --git a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
index 15e22cf36f8..e97cd0c8925 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ nonfree=yes
 fulldepends="liberation-fonts-ttf"
 
 makedepends="unzip perl pkg-config SDL-devel>=1.2.15_2 SDL_ttf-devel
- libXinerama-devel gtk+-devel GConf-devel"
+ libXinerama-devel gtk+-devel GConf-devel python"
 
 do_extract() {
 	# mame source code is double-zipped to save space.