diff --git a/srcpkgs/nftables/template b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
index 54ea9ba37ba..9f1f9986d6e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nftables/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'nftables'
 pkgname=nftables
 version=0.9.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --with-json"
-hostmakedepends="asciidoc docbook2x flex pkg-config"
+configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --with-json --with-python-bin=/bin/python3"
+hostmakedepends="python3 asciidoc docbook2x flex pkg-config"
 makedepends="gmp-devel jansson-devel libmnl-devel libnftnl-devel readline-devel"
 short_desc="Netfilter nftables userspace tools"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"