diff --git a/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix
index 78addfc4aa2f..b3a876546e78 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub
 
 , cmake, ninja, which, findutils, m4, gawk
-, python, python3, openjdk, mono, libressl, boost
+, python2, python3, openjdk, mono, libressl, boost
 }@args:
 
 let