diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
index 5d422520b8..4282355f87 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio.git;protocol=https"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit cmake pythonnative systemd
+inherit cmake python3native systemd
 
 DEPENDS = " \
     flex-native bison-native libaio \
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "USB_BACKEND NETWORK_BACKEND"
 PACKAGECONFIG[USB_BACKEND] = "-DWITH_USB_BACKEND=ON,-DWITH_USB_BACKEND=OFF,libusb1,libxml2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[NETWORK_BACKEND] = "-DWITH_NETWORK_BACKEND=ON,-DWITH_NETWORK_BACKEND=OFF,libxml2"
 
-PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-iiod ${PN}-tests ${PN}-python"
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-iiod ${PN}-tests ${PN}-${PYTHON_PN}"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-python = "${PN} python-ctypes python-stringold"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-${PYTHON_PN} = "${PN} ${PYTHON_PN}-ctypes ${PYTHON_PN}-stringold"
 
 FILES_${PN}-iiod = " \
     ${sbindir}/iiod \
     ${systemd_system_unitdir}/iiod.service \
 "
 FILES_${PN}-tests = "${bindir}"
-FILES_${PN}-python = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}"
+FILES_${PN}-${PYTHON_PN} = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}"
 
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN}-iiod"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN}-iiod = "iiod.service"