diff --git a/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk b/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk
index 98b6e25012..003f406602 100644
--- a/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk
+++ b/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ GR_OSMOSDR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GR_OSMOSDR_PYTHON),y)
 GR_OSMOSDR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON
-GR_OSMOSDR_DEPENDENCIES += python
+GR_OSMOSDR_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),python3,python)
 else
 GR_OSMOSDR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_PYTHON=OFF
 endif