diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-distribute/template b/srcpkgs/python-distribute/template
index 1dddc7afea3..a9845d71e50 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-distribute/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-distribute/template
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ version=0.6.28
 revision=1
 wrksrc="distribute-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-makedepends="python-devel"
+python_versions="2 3"
+makedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
 noarch="yes"
 depends="python"
 pycompile_module="pkg_resources.py easy_install.py site.py setuptools"
@@ -14,3 +15,10 @@ homepage="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute"
 license="PSF"
 distfiles="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=a42e897551aeb7600708f4aa6a0c02acb4458613976234b7d4fad7ae841a8d63
+
+python3-distribute_package() {
+	depends="python3"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove /usr/lib/python3.3
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-distribute b/srcpkgs/python3-distribute
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9ad4e498661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-distribute
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-distribute
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