diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index 89b8cbb069f..5980366b3bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-python"
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run zlib
 Add_dependency build zlib-devel
-Add_dependency build python
+Add_dependency build python-devel