diff --git a/srcpkgs/brltty/template b/srcpkgs/brltty/template
index f34eeec8d59..4b877261444 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/brltty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/brltty/template
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 	*-musl) # There is no ldconfig in musl libc
 		sed -e "s;/sbin/ldconfig -n;echo;" -i configure
 	esac
-	export PYTHON_LIBS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lpython${py3_ver}m"
+	export PYTHON_LIBS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lpython${py3_ver}${py3_abiver}"
 	export PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc}"
 }
 post_configure() {