diff --git a/srcpkgs/ccnet-python b/srcpkgs/ccnet-python
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..98aa5af43f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ccnet-python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ccnet
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ccnet/template b/srcpkgs/ccnet/template
index ce6c77a286c..207359c3b1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ccnet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ccnet/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'ccnet'
 pkgname=ccnet
-version=6.1.6
+version=6.1.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python vala libsearpc-codegen"
-makedepends="glib-devel sqlite-devel libressl-devel libevent-devel libuuid-devel libsearpc-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake libsearpc-codegen libtool pkg-config vala"
+makedepends="libevent-devel libsearpc-devel sqlite-devel"
 short_desc="Seafile networking library"
 maintainer="yopito <pierre.bourgin@free.fr>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/haiwen/${pkgname}"
 distfiles="https://github.com/haiwen/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c6ecec39b21dc92489f77b1975d808f6e7898fcbe623e3fb22dd5a39e1a8faf4
+checksum=f9c81586181a8f331d3b00f334003e6b3f1af774f647cba30d5c9f9c546f7fce
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
@@ -35,3 +35,13 @@ ccnet-devel_package() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/pkgconfig"
 	}
 }
+
+ccnet-python_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	pycompile_module="ccnet"
+	depends="ccnet"
+	short_desc="Python2 bindings"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python2.7
+	}
+}