diff -Nru lintian-2.5.69/checks/python.pm lintian-2.5.70/checks/python.pm
--- lintian-2.5.69/checks/python.pm	2018-01-16 00:41:30.000000000 +0000
+++ lintian-2.5.70/checks/python.pm	2018-01-16 06:44:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
     '^python3-django-' => 'python3-django',
     '^python2?-django-' => 'python-django',
 );
+
+my %REQUIRED_DEPENDS = (
+    'python2' => 'python-minimal:any | python:any',
+    'python3' => 'python3-minimal:any | python3:any',
+);
+
 my %MISMATCHED_SUBSTVARS = (
     '^python3-.+' => '${python:Depends}',
     '^python2?-.+' => '${python3:Depends}',
@@ -103,12 +109,15 @@
         $info->relation('provides'), $pkg);
     my @entries = $info->changelog ? $info->changelog->data : ();
 
-    if (
-        any { m,^usr/lib/python[\d.]+/(?:site|dist)-packages, }
-        $info->sorted_index
-        and not $deps->implies('python:any | python-minimal:any')
-      ) {
-        tag 'python-package-missing-depends-on-python';
+    # Check for missing dependencies
+    foreach my $file ($info->sorted_index) {
+        if (    $file->is_file
+            and $file
+            =~ m,usr/lib/(?<version>python[23])[\d.]*/(?:site|dist)-packages,
+            and not $deps->implies($REQUIRED_DEPENDS{$+{version}})) {
+            tag 'python-package-missing-depends-on-python';
+            last;
+        }
     }
 
     # Python 2 modules
diff -Nru lintian-2.5.69/data/spelling/corrections lintian-2.5.70/data/spelling/corrections
--- lintian-2.5.69/data/spelling/corrections	2018-01-16 00:41:30.000000000 +0000
+++ lintian-2.5.70/data/spelling/corrections	2018-01-16 06:44:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@
 bulit||built
 bulletted||bulleted
 bultin||builtin
+bumpded||bumped
 cacluate||calculate
 cacluated||calculated
 cacluates||calculates
diff -Nru lintian-2.5.69/debian/changelog lintian-2.5.70/debian/changelog
--- lintian-2.5.69/debian/changelog	2018-01-16 00:41:30.000000000 +0000
+++ lintian-2.5.70/debian/changelog	2018-01-16 06:44:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+lintian (2.5.70) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * checks/python.pm:
+    + [CL] Fix false positives in python-package-missing-depends-on-python
+      for Python 3 packages; we were not checking python3:any or
+      python3-minimal:any.
+
+  * data/spelling/corrections:
+    + [PW] Add bumpded -> bumped correction.
+
+ -- Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Jan 2018 06:44:46 +0000
+
 lintian (2.5.69) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Summary of tag changes: