diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-nose/patches/setup.py.patch b/srcpkgs/python-nose/patches/setup.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..617ce52951e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-nose/patches/setup.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- setup.py.orig
++++ setup.py
+@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ try:
+         entry_points = {
+         'console_scripts': [
+             'nosetests = nose:run_exit',
+-            'nosetests%s = nose:run_exit' % py_vers_tag,
+             ],
+         'distutils.commands': [
+             ' nosetests = nose.commands:nosetests',
+@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ setup(
+     license = 'GNU LGPL',
+     keywords = 'test unittest doctest automatic discovery',
+     url = 'http://readthedocs.org/docs/nose/',
+-    data_files = [('man/man1', ['nosetests.1'])],
+     package_data = {'': ['*.txt',
+                          'examples/*.py',
+                          'examples/*/*.py']},
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-nose/template b/srcpkgs/python-nose/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de40a23fc3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-nose/template
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Template file for 'python-nose'
+pkgname=python-nose
+version=1.3.7
+revision=2
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="nose-${version}"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_modules="nose"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python-setuptools"
+short_desc="The nicer testing for Python2"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/nose-devs/nose"
+#changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nose-devs/nose/master/CHANGELOG"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/n/nose/nose-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f1bffef9cbc82628f6e7d7b40d7e255aefaa1adb6a1b1d26c69a8b79e6208a98
+alternatives="nose:nosetests:/usr/bin/nosetests2"
+
+python3-nose_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	pycompile_module="nose"
+	depends="python3-setuptools"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
+	alternatives="nose:nosetests:/usr/bin/nosetests3"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/*3
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-nose b/srcpkgs/python3-nose
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..32467a70a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-nose
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-nose
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-nose/template b/srcpkgs/python3-nose/template
deleted file mode 100644
index abb4b978748..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-nose/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python3-nose'
-pkgname=python3-nose
-version=1.3.7
-revision=1
-wrksrc="nose-release_${version}"
-build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_modules="nose"
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3"
-short_desc="Nose is nicer testing for python3"
-maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
-license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
-homepage="https://github.com/nose-devs/nose"
-#changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nose-devs/nose/master/CHANGELOG"
-distfiles="https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/archive/release_${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ab1ee7744662c5bf58a510ae46d879ebe140c3e40d6871c09b36b24b6a480b39
-
-pre_build() {
-	# fix manpage location
-	sed -i 's|man/man1|share/man/man1|g' setup.py
-}