diff --git a/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile b/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
index 9af32260c6ff..ef54a6d31f63 100644
--- a/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ COMMENT=	Python bindings for libgit2
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>0:devel/py-cffi
+BUILD_DEPENDS?=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>0:devel/py-cffi
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgit2.so:devel/libgit2
-RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS} \
+RUN_DEPENDS?=	${BUILD_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six
 
-USES=		python
+USES?=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 MAKE_ENV=	LIBGIT2=${LOCALBASE}
 PYDISTUTILS_TEST_TARGET?=	test
diff --git a/devel/py3-pygit2/Makefile b/devel/py3-pygit2/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..195404b74ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py3-pygit2/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../py-pygit2
+
+USES=	python:3.3+
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>0:devel/py3-cffi
+RUN_DEPENDS=   ${BUILD_DEPENDS} \
+                ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py3-six
+
+.include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"