diff --git a/libraries/libewf/libewf.SlackBuild b/libraries/libewf/libewf.SlackBuild
index 6cebc5b623..1774627a83 100644
--- a/libraries/libewf/libewf.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libewf/libewf.SlackBuild
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --disable-static \
   --enable-python \
+  --enable-python3 \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make