2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass b/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass
index 06bb046d9c..7dd130bad9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PYTHON_BASEVERSION = "3.5"
+PYTHON_BASEVERSION = "3.7"
 PYTHON_ABI = "m"
 PYTHON_DIR = "python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}"
 PYTHON_PN = "python3"
diff --git a/meta/classes/python3native.bbclass b/meta/classes/python3native.bbclass
index da12a71470..a3acaf61bb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/python3native.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/python3native.bbclass
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ DEPENDS_append = " python3-native "
 export STAGING_INCDIR
 export STAGING_LIBDIR
 
+export _PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME="_sysconfigdata"
+
 # suppress host user's site-packages dirs.
 export PYTHONNOUSERSITE = "1"