diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-astroid/template b/srcpkgs/python-astroid/template
index a2f4ff3bd96..a93d3268deb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-astroid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-astroid/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-astroid'
 pkgname=python-astroid
 version=1.4.8
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="astroid-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.4"
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-six python-lazy-object-proxy python-wrapt"
 pycompile_module="astroid"
 short_desc="Abstract syntax tree for Python2"
@@ -21,13 +20,19 @@ post_install() {
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/astroid/tests
 }
 
-python3.4-astroid_package() {
+python3-astroid_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4-six python3.4-lazy-object-proxy python3.4-wrapt"
-	pycompile_version="3.4"
+	replaces="python3.4-astroid>=0"
+	depends="python3-six python3-lazy-object-proxy python3-wrapt"
 	pycompile_module="astroid"
-	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/lib/python3.4
+		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 	}
 }
+python3.4-astroid_package() {
+	noarch=yes
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4} (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="python3-astroid>=${version}_${revision}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-astroid b/srcpkgs/python3-astroid
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..8ab3dd7a4e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-astroid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-astroid
\ No newline at end of file