diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-snowballstemmer/template b/srcpkgs/python-snowballstemmer/template
index a4708e47641..401e45864c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-snowballstemmer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-snowballstemmer/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-snowballstemmer'
 pkgname=python-snowballstemmer
 version=1.2.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="snowballstemmer-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python"
 pycompile_module="snowballstemmer"
 short_desc="Snowball stemming library collection for Python2"
@@ -16,13 +15,19 @@ license="BSD"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/snowballstemmer/snowballstemmer-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=919f26a68b2c17a7634da993d91339e288964f93c274f1343e3bbbe2096e1128
 
-python3.4-snowballstemmer_package() {
+python3-snowballstemmer_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	depends="python3"
 	pycompile_module="snowballstemmer"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-snowballstemmer>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 	}
 }
+python3.4-snowballstemmer_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-snowballstemmer>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-snowballstemmer b/srcpkgs/python3-snowballstemmer
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..488e69314fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-snowballstemmer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-snowballstemmer
\ No newline at end of file