diff --git a/packages/pybind11.cmake b/packages/pybind11.cmake
index f7dc6bf8b..0795aabbd 100644
--- a/packages/pybind11.cmake
+++ b/packages/pybind11.cmake
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 set(PYBIND11_PYTHON_VERSION ${AKANTU_PREFERRED_PYTHON_VERSION} CACHE INTERNAL "")
 
 package_declare(pybind11 EXTERNAL
   EXTRA_PACKAGE_OPTIONS ARGS "2.4.2;CONFIG" LINK_LIBRARIES pybind11::embed PREFIX pybind11
   DESCRIPTION "Akantu's pybind11 interface"
   SYSTEM AUTO third-party/cmake/pybind11.cmake
+  DEPENDS PythonLibsNew
   EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
   )
 
 package_add_third_party_script_variable(pybind11
   PYBIND11_VERSION "v2.4.2")
 package_add_third_party_script_variable(pybind11
   PYBIND11_GIT "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git")
diff --git a/packages/pythonlibs.cmake b/packages/pythonlibs.cmake
index d0d872a75..79b847584 100644
--- a/packages/pythonlibs.cmake
+++ b/packages/pythonlibs.cmake
@@ -1,48 +1,58 @@
 #===============================================================================
 # @file   pythonlibs.cmake
 #
 # @author Guillaume Anciaux <guillaume.anciaux@epfl.ch>
 # @author Nicolas Richart <nicolas.richart@epfl.ch>
 #
 # @date creation: Fri Sep 03 2010
 # @date last modification: Fri Jan 22 2016
 #
 # @brief  package description for the python library
 #
 # @section LICENSE
 #
 # Copyright (©)  2010-2012, 2014,  2015 EPFL  (Ecole Polytechnique  Fédérale de
 # Lausanne)  Laboratory (LSMS  -  Laboratoire de  Simulation  en Mécanique  des
 # Solides)
 #
 # Akantu is free  software: you can redistribute it and/or  modify it under the
 # terms  of the  GNU Lesser  General Public  License as  published by  the Free
 # Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
 # later version.
 #
 # Akantu is  distributed in the  hope that it  will be useful, but  WITHOUT ANY
 # WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 # A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See  the GNU  Lesser General  Public License  for more
 # details.
 #
 # You should  have received  a copy  of the GNU  Lesser General  Public License
 # along with Akantu. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #===============================================================================
 package_declare(PythonLibsNew EXTERNAL DESCRIPTION "Akantu's python interface"
   DEPENDS numpy
   EXTRA_PACKAGE_OPTIONS ARGS ${AKANTU_PREFERRED_PYTHON_VERSION} PREFIX PYTHON FOUND PYTHONLIBS_FOUND
   )
 
-package_set_package_system_dependency(PythonLibs deb libpython3)
-package_set_package_system_dependency(PythonLibs deb-src libpython3-dev)
+package_on_enabled_script(PythonLibsNew
+  "set(PYTHON_MODULE_PREFIX \${PYTHON_MODULE_PREFIX} CACHE INTERNAL \"\")
+set(PYTHON_MODULE_EXTENSION \${PYTHON_MODULE_EXTENSION} CACHE INTERNAL \"\")
+set(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR \${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR} CACHE INTERNAL \"\")
+set(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR \${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR} CACHE INTERNAL \"\")
+")
 
-package_declare_documentation(PythonLibs
+
+if(AKANTU_PREFERRED_PYTHON_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.0)
+  package_set_package_system_dependency(PythonLibsNew deb libpython3)
+  package_set_package_system_dependency(PythonLibsNew deb-src libpython3-dev)
+endif()
+
+package_declare_documentation(PythonLibsNew
   "This package is a dependency of the python interface"
   ""
   "Under Ubuntu (14.04 LTS) the installation can be performed using the commands:"
   "\\begin{command}"
   "  > sudo apt-get install libpython3-dev"
   "\\end{command}"
   ""
 )