diff --git a/Formula/gsettings-desktop-schemas.rb b/Formula/gsettings-desktop-schemas.rb
index 0610afeed50bc..d809576f7f979 100644
--- a/Formula/gsettings-desktop-schemas.rb
+++ b/Formula/gsettings-desktop-schemas.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class GsettingsDesktopSchemas < Formula
   depends_on "glib"
   depends_on "gettext"
   depends_on "libffi"
-  depends_on "python" if MacOS.version <= :mavericks
+  depends_on "python@2" if MacOS.version <= :mavericks
 
   def install
     system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",