diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject/0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject/0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject/0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch
rename to meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject/0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_3.18.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.18.2.bb
similarity index 72%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_3.18.2.bb
rename to meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.18.2.bb
index 00c50795a1..4ddae81f29 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_3.18.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.18.2.bb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a916467b91076e631dd8edb7424769c7"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig gnomebase distutils-base gobject-introspection
+inherit autotools pkgconfig gnomebase distutils3-base gobject-introspection
 
-DEPENDS += "python glib-2.0"
+DEPENDS += "python3 glib-2.0"
 
 SRCNAME="pygobject"
 SRC_URI = " \
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-cairo --with-python=python2.7"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-cairo"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-setuptools python-importlib"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python3-setuptools python3-importlib"