diff --git a/package/zfs/zfs.mk b/package/zfs/zfs.mk
index 6b542f5c05..dbda8aceb4 100644
--- a/package/zfs/zfs.mk
+++ b/package/zfs/zfs.mk
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ZFS_CONF_ENV += \
 	PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="`$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/python3-config --includes`" \
 	PYTHON_LIBS="`$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/python3-config --ldflags`" \
 	PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS="`$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/python3-config --libs --embed`" \
-	PYTHON_SITE_PKG="/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages"
+	PYTHON_SITE_PKG="/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages"
 ZFS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pyzfs
 else
 ZFS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pyzfs --without-python