diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index c1c0d7ef..9be858c1 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 build-essential [platform:dpkg]
-python-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python3-dev [platform:dpkg]