diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-mysqlclient/template b/srcpkgs/python-mysqlclient/template
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+pkgname=python-mysqlclient
+version=1.3.12
+revision=1
+wrksrc="mysqlclient-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module="mysqlclient"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="libmysqlclient-devel python-devel python3-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Python2 interface to MySQL/MariaDB"
+maintainer="Alin Dobre <alin.dobre@outlook.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/m/mysqlclient/mysqlclient-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2d9ec33de39f4d9c64ad7322ede0521d85829ce36a76f9dd3d6ab76a9c8648e5
+
+python3-mysqlclient_package() {
+	pycompile_module="mysqlclient"
+	depends="python3"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-mysqlclient b/srcpkgs/python3-mysqlclient
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+python-mysqlclient
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