diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/template b/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/template
index 16cba027db8..f9230da6482 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-hiredis/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-hiredis'
 pkgname=python-hiredis
 version=0.2.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="hiredis-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-devel python3.4-devel"
-makedepends="python-devel python3.4-devel hiredis-devel"
+hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
+makedepends="python-devel python3-devel hiredis-devel"
 pycompile_module="hiredis"
 short_desc="Python2 wrapper for hiredis"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
@@ -19,12 +18,17 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }
 
-python3.4-hiredis_package() {
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+python3-hiredis_package() {
 	pycompile_module="hiredis"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-hiredis>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 		vlicense COPYING
 	}
 }
+python3.4-hiredis_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-hiredis>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis b/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..c6091c82645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-hiredis
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-hiredis
\ No newline at end of file