diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template b/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template
index 607014bf45b..21ad2f6d3b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pexpect'
 pkgname=python-pexpect
 version=4.2.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname/python-}-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-ptyprocess"
 pycompile_module="pexpect"
 short_desc="Python2 module for spawning child applications and controlling them"
@@ -23,14 +22,20 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
 
-python3.4-pexpect_package() {
+python3-pexpect_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4-ptyprocess"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	depends="python3-ptyprocess"
 	pycompile_module="pexpect"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-pexpect>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 		vlicense LICENSE
 	}
 }
+python3.4-pexpect_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-pexpect>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pexpect b/srcpkgs/python3-pexpect
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..1ad8b9136c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pexpect
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-pexpect
\ No newline at end of file