diff --git a/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile b/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile
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index 000000000..3ba4a6764
--- /dev/null
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2017 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=python-simplejson
+PKG_VERSION:=3.16.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=simplejson-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/simplejson
+PKG_HASH:=b1f329139ba647a9548aa05fb95d046b4a677643070dc2afc05fa2e975d09ca5
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-simplejson-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include ../python-package.mk
+include ../python3-package.mk
+
+PKG_UNPACK:=$(HOST_TAR) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) --strip-components=1 -xzf $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+
+define Package/python-simplejson/Default
+  SUBMENU:=Python
+  SECTION:=lang
+  CATEGORY:=Languages
+  MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
+  URL:=https://simplejson.readthedocs.org/
+endef
+
+define Package/python-simplejson
+$(call Package/python-simplejson/Default)
+  TITLE:=Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python 2
+  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-simplejson:python-light
+  VARIANT:=python
+endef
+
+define Package/python3-simplejson
+$(call Package/python-simplejson/Default)
+  TITLE:=Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python3
+  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-simplejson:python3-light
+  VARIANT:=python3
+endef
+
+define Package/python-simplejson/description
+  Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
+endef
+
+define Package/python3-simplejson/description
+$(call Package/python-simplejson/description)
+.
+(Variant for Python3)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-simplejson))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-simplejson))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-simplejson-src))
+
+$(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-simplejson))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-simplejson))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-simplejson-src))
diff --git a/lang/python/simplejson/Makefile b/lang/python/simplejson/Makefile
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index 0f43a675c..000000000
--- a/lang/python/simplejson/Makefile
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-#
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2017 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=simplejson
-PKG_VERSION:=3.16.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
-PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/simplejson
-PKG_HASH:=b1f329139ba647a9548aa05fb95d046b4a677643070dc2afc05fa2e975d09ca5
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-include ../python-package.mk
-
-define Package/simplejson
-  SUBMENU:=Python
-  SECTION:=lang
-  CATEGORY:=Languages
-  MAINTAINER:=Gergely Kiss <mail.gery@gmail.com>
-  TITLE:=Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
-  URL:=https://simplejson.readthedocs.org/
-  DEPENDS:=+python
-endef
-
-define Package/simplejson/description
-  Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
-endef
-
-define Build/Compile
-	$(call Build/Compile/PyMod,,install --prefix=/usr --root=$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR))
-endef
-
-define Package/simplejson/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)
-	$(CP) \
-	    $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)/* \
-	    $(1)$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,simplejson))