diff --git a/builddeb b/builddeb
index b1acccd5..238e092b 100755
--- a/builddeb
+++ b/builddeb
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 mkdir -p /tmp/pyghmi
 cp -a * .git /tmp/pyghmi
 cd /tmp/pyghmi
+export PYEXEC=python3
+export DSCARGS="--with-python2=True --with-python3=True"
 if grep wheezy /etc/os-release; then
     # wheezy is difficult on pyca, use cryptodomex for that platform
     patch -p1 < wheezy.patch
+    # also it's old, use python2 instead of python3
+    export PYEXEC=python
+    export DSCARGS="--with-python2=True --with-python3=False"
 fi
 # If not PBR, use the setup.py.tmpl
-python -c 'import pbr' || ./makesetup
-VERSION=`python setup.py --version`
-python setup.py sdist
-py2dsc dist/pyghmi-$VERSION.tar.gz
+$PYEXEC -c 'import pbr' || ./makesetup
+VERSION=`$PYEXEC setup.py --version`
+$PYEXEC setup.py sdist
+py2dsc $DSCARGS dist/pyghmi-$VERSION.tar.gz
 shopt -s extglob
 cd deb_dist/!(*.orig)/
 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us -i