diff --git a/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile b/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile
index 06041f2b6..933ce885e 100644
--- a/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile
+++ b/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
 
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python3/host
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/uwsgi-cgi
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ define Package/uwsgi-cgi/description
 endef
 
 MAKE_VARS+=\
-	CPP=$(TARGET_CROSS)cpp
+	CPP=$(TARGET_CROSS)cpp \
+	PYTHON=$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin/python3
 
 define Build/Compile
 	$(call Build/Compile/Default,PROFILE=cgi)
diff --git a/net/uwsgi-cgi/patches/020-uwsgiconfig-system-python3.patch b/net/uwsgi-cgi/patches/020-uwsgiconfig-system-python3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82522be19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/uwsgi-cgi/patches/020-uwsgiconfig-system-python3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Index: uwsgi-2.0.18/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- uwsgi-2.0.18.orig/Makefile
++++ uwsgi-2.0.18/Makefile
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-PYTHON := python
++PYTHON ?= python3
+ 
+ all:
+ 	$(PYTHON) uwsgiconfig.py --build $(PROFILE)