diff -Nru libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/changelog libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/changelog	2019-08-28 18:50:32.000000000 +0000
+++ libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/changelog	2019-09-04 07:03:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libevdev (1.8.0+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Build with Python 3. Closes: #936851.
+
+ -- Stephen Kitt <skitt@debian.org>  Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:03:49 +0200
+
 libevdev (1.8.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -Nru libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/control libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/control
--- libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/control	2019-07-15 16:09:41.000000000 +0000
+++ libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/control	2019-09-04 06:52:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                doxygen,
                graphviz,
                pkg-config,
-               python:native
+               python3:native
 Standards-Version: 4.4.0
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libevdev
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libevdev.git
diff -Nru libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/rules libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/rules
--- libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/rules	2019-07-15 16:08:15.000000000 +0000
+++ libevdev-1.8.0+dfsg/debian/rules	2019-09-03 21:05:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # Tests must be run as root
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --disable-silent-rules
+	dh_auto_configure -- --disable-silent-rules PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
 
 override_dh_gencontrol:
 	dh_gencontrol -- -Vdoxygen:Version=$(doxygen_version)