diff --git a/surelog-uhdm/meta.yaml b/surelog-uhdm/meta.yaml
index 0507e69a..eaa2690e 100644
--- a/surelog-uhdm/meta.yaml
+++ b/surelog-uhdm/meta.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ requirements:
     - flex
     - libunwind
     - swig
+  host:
+    - python {{ python }}
   run:
     - ncurses
     - gperftools