diff --git a/setup/setup_dev.py b/setup/setup_dev.py
index a5194c70569..d8e1c171556 100755
--- a/setup/setup_dev.py
+++ b/setup/setup_dev.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def cmd_setup_git_review():
 def setup_deps_debian(git_dir):
     debian_control_path = os.path.join(git_dir, 'debian/control')
     debian_control = open(debian_control_path).read()
-    debs = re.findall('python-[0-9a-z]+',debian_control)
+    debs = re.findall('python3-[0-9a-z]+',debian_control)
     debs += ["postgresql"]
     proc = subprocess.Popen(['sudo','apt-get','install'] + debs, stdin=open('/dev/tty'))
     proc.communicate()