diff --git a/net/vde2/Makefile b/net/vde2/Makefile
index 1b849c5e3f1b..1575df2edb7f 100644
--- a/net/vde2/Makefile
+++ b/net/vde2/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 # Created by: Philip M. Gollucci <ports@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	vde2
 PORTVERSION=	2.3.2
 PORTREVISION=	5
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/vde/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	User-mode virtual ethernet infrastructure
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE GPLv2 LGPL21
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcap.so.1:net/libpcap
 
 USES=		gmake libtool pathfix shebangfix ssl
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CONFLICTS=	vde
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/lib/python/VdePlug.py
 MAKE_ENV=	V=1
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PYTHON
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PYTHON
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-python
-PYTHON_USES=	python gettext-runtime
+PYTHON_USES=	python:3.7-3.9 gettext-runtime
 PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 PYTHON_LDFLAGS=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/-Wall/s|-O2||g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/configure
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|$$(MAKE).*install-data-hook||g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/man/Makefile.in
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|^AM_CFLAGS|#AM_CFLAGS|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/slirpvde/Makefile.in
 
 post-install:
 	${LN} -sf unixcmd.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1/vdecmd.1
 	${LN} -sf vdeq.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1/vdeqemu.1
 	${LN} -sf vdeq.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1/vdekvm.1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>