diff --git a/main/vde2/APKBUILD b/main/vde2/APKBUILD
index e1666b665b0..0318620b447 100644
--- a/main/vde2/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/vde2/APKBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ options="!check"  # No test suite.
 license="GPL"
 depends="libressl"
 install="vde2.pre-install"
-makedepends="linux-headers libressl-dev libpcap-dev python2"
+makedepends="linux-headers libressl-dev libpcap-dev python3-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-dev $pkgname-libs"
 source="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/vde/vde2/$pkgver/vde2-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	musl-build-fix.patch