diff --git a/srcpkgs/itstool/template b/srcpkgs/itstool/template
index ae6ad924ef0..ff6100e84e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/itstool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/itstool/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'itstool'
 pkgname=itstool
 version=2.0.2
-revision=2
+revision=3
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2"
 hostmakedepends="python"
 makedepends="python libxml2-python"
 depends="python libxml2-python"