diff --git a/Formula/mesa.rb b/Formula/mesa.rb
index 6a9ddcf9e6..c02e2e45bd 100644
--- a/Formula/mesa.rb
+++ b/Formula/mesa.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Mesa < Formula
   depends_on "meson-internal" => :build
   depends_on "ninja" => :build
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
-  depends_on "python@2" => :build
+  depends_on "python" => :build
   depends_on "freeglut" => :test
   depends_on "expat"
   depends_on "gettext"
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ class Mesa < Formula
   end
 
   def install
-    ENV.prepend_create_path "PYTHONPATH", buildpath/"vendor/lib/python2.7/site-packages"
+    xy = Language::Python.major_minor_version "python3"
+    ENV.prepend_create_path "PYTHONPATH", buildpath/"vendor/lib/python#{xy}/site-packages"
 
     resource("Mako").stage do
-      system "python", *Language::Python.setup_install_args(buildpath/"vendor")
+      system "python3", *Language::Python.setup_install_args(buildpath/"vendor")
     end
 
     resource("gears.c").stage(pkgshare.to_s)