diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9e807a9..0729fd7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pcsc-lite (1.8.25-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix "Python2 removal in sid/bullseye". Use python3 for pcsc-spy
+    (Closes: #945721)
+
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Nov 2019 17:53:16 +0100
+
 pcsc-lite (1.8.25-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * rebuild for source only upload
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f0584e5..c2aab70 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libpcsclite1 (= ${binary:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
-Recommends: python
+Recommends: python3
 Description: Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC (development files)
  The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface
  in a very small form factor for communicating to smart cards and
diff --git a/debian/patches/01_python3 b/debian/patches/01_python3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92e37c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/01_python3
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Description: Use python3 instead of deprecated/removed python2
+Author: Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/945721
+
+--- a/src/spy/pcsc-spy
++++ b/src/spy/pcsc-spy
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#! /usr/bin/python
++#! /usr/bin/python3
+ 
+ """
+ #    Display PC/SC functions arguments
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index e69de29..bbdfb87 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+01_python3