diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3/default.nix
index 6a65e8353bc6..b25e2ffd0cb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.3/default.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -s "$out/bin/pydoc3" "$out/bin/pydoc"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3" "$out/bin/python"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3-config" "$out/bin/python-config"
+    ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python3.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python.pc"
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.4/default.nix
index cf9918a1d229..43edce8a44c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.4/default.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -s "$out/bin/pydoc3" "$out/bin/pydoc"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3" "$out/bin/python"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3-config" "$out/bin/python-config"
+    ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python3.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python.pc"
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.5/default.nix
index f5878bf9d6a6..dd2cce707efe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.5/default.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -s "$out/bin/pydoc3" "$out/bin/pydoc"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3" "$out/bin/python"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3-config" "$out/bin/python-config"
+    ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python3.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python.pc"
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.6/default.nix
index 9baa03b382c9..d5960ccde99f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.6/default.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -s "$out/bin/pydoc3" "$out/bin/pydoc"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3" "$out/bin/python"
     ln -s "$out/bin/python3-config" "$out/bin/python-config"
+    ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python3.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/python.pc"
   '';
 
   passthru = rec {