diff --git a/pexpect/pexpect.SlackBuild b/pexpect/pexpect.SlackBuild
index 5c53c0e..211ddc7 100644
--- a/pexpect/pexpect.SlackBuild
+++ b/pexpect/pexpect.SlackBuild
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ find -L . \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 python setup.py install --root=$PKG
+python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a -r *.rst LICENSE $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION