diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dbus/template b/srcpkgs/python3-dbus/template
index 4671340f041..70b90c8d67c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dbus/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=python3-dbus
 version=1.3.2
 revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 python3-packaging-bootstrap"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-packaging-bootstrap"
 makedepends="libglib-devel python3-devel"
 depends="python3 dbus"
 checkdepends="${depends} python3-gobject"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ homepage="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings"
 distfiles="https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ad67819308618b5069537be237f8e68ca1c7fcc95ee4a121fe6845b1418248f8
 lib32disabled=yes
+provides="py3:dbus-python-${version}"
 
 export PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc}"
 export PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lpython${py3_ver}${py3_abiver}"