diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
index f334b66bff..4168d1f220 100644
--- a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
+++ b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PYTHON
 	bool "Python support for alsa-lib"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	help
 	  Add python support for alsa-lib.
 	  Python will be built and libpython will be installed
diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk b/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
index c71ad5dd58..99c53f9408 100644
--- a/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
+++ b/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
@@ -57,12 +57,22 @@ ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-old-symbols
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PYTHON),y)
+ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--enable-mixer-pymods
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
 ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-pythonlibs=-lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) \
 	--with-pythonincludes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ALSA_LIB_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = python
 else
+ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--with-pythonlibs=-lpython$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) \
+	--with-pythonincludes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
+ALSA_LIB_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
+ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = python3
+endif
+else
 ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-python
 endif