diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
index 78d515e003..b18f278171 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="PCRE_LIBS=-l:libpcre.a \
                          --enable-static \
                          --disable-shared \
-                         --disable-libmount"
+                         --disable-libmount \
+                         --with-python=python"
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_snprintf_c99=yes \
                            ac_cv_func_vsnprintf_c99=yes \
                            glib_cv_stack_grows=no \
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_snprintf_c99=yes \
                            --enable-Bsymbolic \
                            --with-gnu-ld \
                            --with-threads=posix \
-                           --with-pcre=internal"
+                           --with-pcre=internal \
+                           --with-python=python"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/pkgconfig