diff --git a/python/python-gattlib/dont_hardcode_python_versions.patch b/python/python-gattlib/dont_hardcode_python_versions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e11e85d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/python-gattlib/dont_hardcode_python_versions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>
+---
+Don't hardcode python versions
+
+diff -Naur gattlib-0.20150805.orig/setup.py gattlib-0.20150805/setup.py
+--- gattlib-0.20150805.orig/setup.py	2015-08-05 15:16:56.000000000 +0200
++++ gattlib-0.20150805/setup.py	2018-05-02 09:45:04.625893000 +0200
+@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
+     glib_libs = [x.strip() for x in glib_libs if x]
+ 
+     if sys.version_info.major == 3:
+-        boost_libs = ["boost_python-py34"]
++        boost_libs = ["boost_python3"+str(sys.version_info.minor)]
+     else:
+-        boost_libs = ["boost_python"]
++        boost_libs = ["boost_python2"+str(sys.version_info.minor)]
+     extension_modules = [
+         Extension(
+             'gattlib',
diff --git a/python/python-gattlib/python-gattlib.SlackBuild b/python/python-gattlib/python-gattlib.SlackBuild
index 0264f52fc1..354003e93e 100644
--- a/python/python-gattlib/python-gattlib.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python-gattlib/python-gattlib.SlackBuild
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+patch -p1 < $CWD/dont_hardcode_python_versions.patch
+
 python setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \