diff -Nru weechat-2.6/debian/changelog weechat-2.6/debian/changelog
--- weechat-2.6/debian/changelog	2020-03-03 12:39:30.000000000 +0000
+++ weechat-2.6/debian/changelog	2020-04-13 09:17:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+weechat (2.6-2ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Correctly find and link against libpython3.8 (LP: #1866065)
+
+ -- Tj <ubuntu@iam.tj>  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:17:32 +0100
+
 weechat (2.6-2ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium
 
   * Add ruby2.7 support (LP: #1865873)
diff -Nru weechat-2.6/debian/patches/lp1866065-python3-linking.patch weechat-2.6/debian/patches/lp1866065-python3-linking.patch
--- weechat-2.6/debian/patches/lp1866065-python3-linking.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ weechat-2.6/debian/patches/lp1866065-python3-linking.patch	2020-04-13 09:17:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+commit 3da688a8f8ba75a9f3cb411011e24398d65497ad
+Author: Tj <ubuntu@iam.tj>
+Date:   Mon Apr 13 09:09:33 2020 +0100
+
+    python: find and correctly link against libpython3.8
+
+diff --git a/cmake/FindPython.cmake b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
+index 2e71e4c57..4fa6d24e7 100644
+--- a/cmake/FindPython.cmake
++++ b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
+@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
+ if(ENABLE_PYTHON2)
+     pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python2)
+ else()
+-    pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3)
++    pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3-embed)
++    if(NOT PYTHON_FOUND)
++        pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3)
++    endif()
+ endif()
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index ea014a988..e026789c3 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -477,7 +477,10 @@ if test "x$enable_python" = "xyes" ; then
+     if test "x$enable_python2" = "xyes" ; then
+         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python2], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python2`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
+     else
+-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python3], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python3`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
++        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python3-embed], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python3-embed`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
++        if test "x$PYTHON_FOUND" != "xyes"; then
++            PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python3], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python3`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
++        fi
+     fi
+     if test "x$PYTHON_FOUND" != "xyes" ; then
+         AC_MSG_WARN([
diff -Nru weechat-2.6/debian/patches/series weechat-2.6/debian/patches/series
--- weechat-2.6/debian/patches/series	2020-03-03 12:39:30.000000000 +0000
+++ weechat-2.6/debian/patches/series	2020-04-13 09:17:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 01_fix_asciidoctor_options.patch
 guile_2.2-support.patch
 ruby27-support.patch
+lp1866065-python3-linking.patch