diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template b/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template
index 45ed1bf5deb..ced4c403e26 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pytz'
 pkgname=python-pytz
 version=2016.7
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="pytz-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python tzdata"
 pycompile_module="pytz"
 short_desc="Python2 timezone library"
@@ -26,14 +25,20 @@ post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
 }
 
-python3.4-pytz_package() {
+python3-pytz_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4 tzdata"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	depends="python3 tzdata"
 	pycompile_module="pytz"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-pytz>=0"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 		vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
 	}
 }
+python3.4-pytz_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-pytz>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytz b/srcpkgs/python3-pytz
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..6a88c99e723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytz
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-pytz
\ No newline at end of file