diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost-python3 b/srcpkgs/boost-python3
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..baef819c48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost-python3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+boost
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index f5b9d98ae13..89fbddf5184 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pkgname=boost
 version=1.68.0
 revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname}_${version//\./_}"
-hostmakedepends="bzip2-devel icu-devel python-devel"
-makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel icu-devel python-devel"
+hostmakedepends="bzip2-devel icu-devel python-devel python3-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel icu-devel python-devel python3-devel"
 short_desc="Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.boost.org/"
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 esac
 
 do_build() {
-	echo "using gcc : ${_toolset#gcc-} : ${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} ;" >user-config.jam
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		echo "using python : 2.7 : : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/python2.7 ;" \
-			>>user-config.jam
-	fi
 	./bootstrap.sh \
 		--prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr --with-python=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/python2 \
 		--with-python-root=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
@@ -37,9 +32,17 @@ do_build() {
 	LIBS="$LDFLAGS" ${wrksrc}/bjam -f build.jam --toolset=cc --toolset-root= -d+2 clean
 	LIBS="$LDFLAGS" ${wrksrc}/bjam -f build.jam --toolset=cc --toolset-root= -d+2
 	)
+	echo $py3_lib
+	cat > user-config.jam <<-__EOF
+	using gcc : ${_toolset#gcc-} : ${CXX} : <cxxflags>"${CXXFLAGS}" <linkflags>"${LDFLAGS}" ;
+	using python : 2.7 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/python2 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/python2.7 ;
+	using python : ${py3_ver} : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/python3 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}${py3_inc} : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}${py3_lib} ;
+	
+	__EOF
 	./bjam ${makejobs} \
 		--toolset=${_toolset} abi=${_abi} architecture=${_arch} \
-		--user-config=${wrksrc}/user-config.jam --debug-building
+		--user-config=${wrksrc}/user-config.jam --debug-building \
+		python=2.7,${py3_ver}
 }
 do_install() {
 	# Install bjam
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ do_install() {
 
 	# Install headers/libs
 	./bjam --prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr abi=${_abi} architecture=${_arch} \
-		--user-config=${wrksrc}/user-config.jam install
+		--user-config=${wrksrc}/user-config.jam python=2.7,${py3_ver} install
 
 	# Install Boost.Build stuff.
 	vmkdir usr/share/boost-build
@@ -80,7 +83,14 @@ boost-python_package() {
 	depends="boost-${version}_${revision} python"
 	short_desc+=" - Python bindings"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/libboost_python*"
+		vmove "usr/lib/libboost_python2*.so.*"
+	}
+}
+boost-python3_package() {
+	depends="boost-${version}_${revision} python3"
+	short_desc+=" - Python3 bindings"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libboost_python3*.so.*"
 	}
 }
 boost-build_package() {