diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-ttystatus/template b/srcpkgs/python-ttystatus/template
index 850f8f4ff9b..2c7df9acad2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-ttystatus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-ttystatus/template
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 # Template file for 'python-ttystatus'
 pkgname=python-ttystatus
-version=0.35
+version=0.37
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
-build_style=python2-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
-makedepends="python-devel"
-depends="python"
+build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="ttystatus"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python"
 short_desc="Terminal progress bar and status output for Python2"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 homepage="http://liw.fi/ttystatus/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://code.liw.fi/debian/pool/main/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.xz"
-checksum=317120cbee8c45b459d32f9c887aee51cd0fe1a26732c87a97ae904a1af005fc
+checksum=89dc70da1e49b099bcc4b7332b266936ecd5c75223f4e4bf9b6add5064cb5712
+
+python3-ttystatus_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="python3"
+	pycompile_module="ttystatus"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-ttystatus b/srcpkgs/python3-ttystatus
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..46fbf55941e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-ttystatus
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-ttystatus
\ No newline at end of file