diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
index 0cb84b91b4..af15c6f4ac 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ do_install:prepend() {
 
 do_install:append:class-target() {
         oe_multilib_header python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pyconfig.h
+        ln -sf ${bindir}/python3 ${D}${bindir}/python
 }
 
 do_install:append:class-native() {
@@ -424,9 +425,10 @@ FILES:${PN}-idle += "${bindir}/idle3 ${bindir}/idle${PYTHON_MAJMIN}"
 RPROVIDES:${PN}-venv += "${MLPREFIX}python3-pyvenv"
 
 # package libpython3
-PACKAGES =+ "libpython3 libpython3-staticdev"
+PACKAGES =+ "libpython3 libpython3-staticdev python-is-python3"
 FILES:libpython3 = "${libdir}/libpython*.so.*"
 FILES:libpython3-staticdev += "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config-${PYTHON_MAJMIN}-*/libpython${PYTHON_MAJMIN}.a"
+FILES:python-is-python3 += "${bindir}/python"
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN}-dev += "dev-elf"
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN}-ptest = "dev-deps"