diff --git a/games/mudmagic/Makefile b/games/mudmagic/Makefile
index d9c79a28c7bd..cab6818ce2f0 100644
--- a/games/mudmagic/Makefile
+++ b/games/mudmagic/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	curl.6:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \
 USE_GNOME=	gtk20 libglade2 libxml2 gnomehack
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
-USE_PYTHON=	24
+USE_PYTHON=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib