diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-prometheus_client/template b/srcpkgs/python-prometheus_client/template
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+# Template file for 'python-prometheus_client'
+pkgname=python-prometheus_client
+version=0.3.1
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="prometheus_client-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="prometheus_client"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Python2 client for the Prometheus monitoring system"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/prometheus/client_python"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/prometheus_client/prometheus_client-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=17bc24c09431644f7c65d7bce9f4237252308070b6395d6d8e87767afe867e24
+
+python3-prometheus_client_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	depends="python3"
+	pycompile_module="prometheus_client"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-prometheus_client b/srcpkgs/python3-prometheus_client
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+python-prometheus_client
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