diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 745ce2c6a..95ec9baf0 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ for:
             libxml2-dev bison flex ffmpeg  libpostproc-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev \
             libopus-dev libcodec2-dev libairspy-dev libhackrf-dev \
             libbladerf-dev libsoapysdr-dev libiio-dev \
-            python-mako \
+            python3-mako python3-cheetah python3-numpy \
             autoconf automake libtool
       - sh: if [[ ! "${CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS}" =~ "ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON" ]]; then bash cmake/ci/build_cm256cc.sh; fi
       - sh: if [[ ! "${CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS}" =~ "ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON" ]]; then bash cmake/ci/build_mbelib.sh; fi
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2df590a7e..9a619eed0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
  libopus-dev,
  libairspy-dev,
  libhackrf-dev,
- python-mako
+ python3-mako
+ python3-cheetah
+ python3-numpy
 # TODO:
 #   - more dependencies based on version; newer has more devices
 #   - manage dependencies not present upstream