diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
index b2a5d9d774d..bc55f619b65 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-simplejson'
 pkgname=python-simplejson
 version=3.8.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="simplejson-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
-makedepends="python-devel python3.4-devel"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
 pycompile_module="simplejson"
 short_desc="Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -19,12 +18,17 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
 }
 
-python3.4-simplejson_package() {
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+python3-simplejson_package() {
 	pycompile_module="simplejson"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-simplejson>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 		vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
 	}
 }
+python3.4-simplejson_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-simplejson>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-simplejson b/srcpkgs/python3-simplejson
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..50018d41468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-simplejson
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-simplejson
\ No newline at end of file