diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata b/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..211acaa67b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-importlib_metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python3-importlib_metadata
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template b/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
index f974cf8e95..601a5ce7c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-importlib_metadata/template
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ version=1.2.0
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="importlib_metadata-${version}"
-build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module=importlib_metadata
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-zipp"
 checkdepends="${depends}"
 short_desc="Read metadata from Python packages"
@@ -15,3 +16,11 @@ homepage="https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
 changelog="https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog%20(links).html"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/i/importlib_metadata/importlib_metadata-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=41e688146d000891f32b1669e8573c57e39e5060e7f5f647aa617cd9a9568278
+
+python-importlib_metadata_package() {
+	depends=python-zipp
+	short_desc="${short_desc/Python/Python 2/}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/python2.7"
+	}
+}