diff --git a/pkg/debian/control b/pkg/debian/control
index 85ac35fd..08ef92fc 100644
--- a/pkg/debian/control
+++ b/pkg/debian/control
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Replaces: weewx (<< 3.9.2-1~)
 Breaks: weewx (<< 3.9.2-1~)
 Architecture: all
 Pre-Depends: debconf
-Depends: python (>=3.5), python3-configobj, python3-cheetah, python3-pil, python3-serial, python3-usb, lsb-base
+Depends: python3 (>=3.5) | python (>=3.5), python3-configobj, python3-cheetah, python3-pil, python3-serial, python3-usb, lsb-base
 Suggests: sqlite, rsync, ftp, httpd, python3-dev, python3-pip
 Description: weather software
  weewx interacts with a weather station to produce graphs, reports, and HTML