diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-inotify/template b/srcpkgs/python-inotify/template
index f2cd9ba0ce1..82fbfc7ed68 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-inotify/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-inotify/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-inotify'
 pkgname=python-inotify
 version=0.9.6
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="pyinotify-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python"
 pycompile_module="pyinotify.py"
 short_desc="Monitoring filesystems events with inotify on Linux (Python2)"
@@ -16,22 +15,24 @@ license="MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pyinotify/pyinotify-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9c998a5d7606ca835065cdabc013ae6c66eb9ea76a00a1e3bc6e0cfe2b4f71f4
 
-pre_install() {
-	sed -i 's,#!/usr/bin/env python,&3.4,' build-3.4/lib/pyinotify.py
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }
 
-python3.4-inotify_package() {
+python3-inotify_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	depends="python3"
 	pycompile_module="pyinotify.py"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-inotify>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
-		vlicense ${wrksrc}/COPYING
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+		vlicense COPYING
 	}
 }
+python3.4-inotify_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-inotify>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-inotify b/srcpkgs/python3-inotify
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..cddf3ff670b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-inotify
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-inotify
\ No newline at end of file