diff --git a/packages/python/devel/MarkupSafe/package.mk b/packages/python/devel/MarkupSafe/package.mk
index ccf1de535e..378038122d 100644
--- a/packages/python/devel/MarkupSafe/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/devel/MarkupSafe/package.mk
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ PKG_SHA256="a6be69091dac236ea9c6bc7d012beab42010fa914c459791d627dad4910eb665"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://pypi.org/project/MarkupSafe/"
 PKG_URL="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${PKG_NAME:0:1}/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="Python2:host setuptools:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="Python3:host setuptools:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="MarkupSafe implements a XML/HTML/XHTML Markup safe string for Python"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 
 makeinstall_host() {
-  python setup.py install --prefix=$TOOLCHAIN
+  python3 setup.py install --prefix=$TOOLCHAIN
 }