diff --git a/package/jack2/jack2.mk b/package/jack2/jack2.mk
index f2ded00a33..68f6e428dd 100644
--- a/package/jack2/jack2.mk
+++ b/package/jack2/jack2.mk
@@ -7,23 +7,24 @@
 JACK2_VERSION = ab409a65df95bc261ff72b52d6b3f4a65cf3266a
 JACK2_SITE = $(call github,jackaudio,jack2,$(JACK2_VERSION))
 JACK2_LICENSE = GPLv2+ (jack server), LGPLv2.1+ (jack library)
-JACK2_DEPENDENCIES = libsamplerate libsndfile alsa-lib
+JACK2_DEPENDENCIES = libsamplerate libsndfile alsa-lib host-python
 
 define JACK2_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS)	\
-		./waf configure			\
+		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf configure \
 		--prefix=/usr			\
-                --alsa				\
-       )
+		--alsa				\
+	)
 endef
 
 define JACK2_BUILD_CMDS
-       (cd $(@D); ./waf build -j $(PARALLEL_JOBS))
+	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf build -j $(PARALLEL_JOBS))
 endef
 
 define JACK2_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-       (cd $(@D); ./waf --destdir=$(TARGET_DIR) install)
+	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf --destdir=$(TARGET_DIR) \
+		install)
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))