diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index 7fb45a484f4..aceee84596e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
 version=2.11.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
 build_style="python-module"
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
 hostmakedepends="
- python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools python-chardet python3.4-chardet
- python-urllib3 python3.4-urllib3"
+ python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-chardet python3-chardet
+ python-urllib3 python3-urllib3"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="python-chardet python-urllib3 ca-certificates"
 pycompile_module="requests"
@@ -33,13 +32,19 @@ post_install() {
 	done
 }
 
-python3.4-requests_package() {
+python3-requests_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4-chardet python3.4-urllib3 ca-certificates"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
 	pycompile_module="requests"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	replaces="python3.4-requests>=0"
+	depends="python3-chardet python3-urllib3 ca-certificates"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 	}
 }
+python3.4-requests_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-requests>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-requests b/srcpkgs/python3-requests
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9af2ed02a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-requests
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-requests
\ No newline at end of file