diff --git a/packages/borgbackup/build.sh b/packages/borgbackup/build.sh
index 30c26473f..13a53bf29 100644
--- a/packages/borgbackup/build.sh
+++ b/packages/borgbackup/build.sh
@@ -2,24 +2,39 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.borgbackup.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Deduplicating and compressing backup program"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 3-Clause"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.1.10
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=3
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=efb41416d24ff1d13c7952c7f4eaf41ef6fc5e1000354217db55cd62c905e7de
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libacl,liblz4,zstd,openssl,python"
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=4
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/download/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/borgbackup-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=efb41416d24ff1d13c7952c7f4eaf41ef6fc5e1000354217db55cd62c905e7de
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libacl, liblz4, openssl, python, zstd"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+
+_PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
+
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="
-lib/python3.8/site-packages/easy-install.pth
-lib/python3.8/site-packages/site.py
-lib/python3.8/__pycache__
+lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/site.py
+lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/__pycache__
 "
 
-termux_step_make_install () {
-  export PYTHONPATH=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python3.8/site-packages
-  export CPPFLAGS+=" -I$TERMUX_PREFIX/include/python3.8"
-  export LDFLAGS+=" -lpython3.8"
-  export LDSHARED="$CC -shared"
-  export BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PREFIX
-  export BORG_LIBLZ4_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PREFIX
-  export BORG_LIBZSTD_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PREFIX
-  python3.8 setup.py install --prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX --force
+termux_step_make_install() {
+	export PYTHONPATH=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+	export CPPFLAGS+=" -I${TERMUX_PREFIX}/include/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}"
+	export LDFLAGS+=" -lpython${_PYTHON_VERSION}"
+	export LDSHARED="$CC -shared"
+	export BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PREFIX
+	export BORG_LIBLZ4_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PREFIX
+	export BORG_LIBZSTD_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PREFIX
+	python${_PYTHON_VERSION} setup.py install --prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX --force
+}
+
+termux_step_create_debscripts() {
+	cat <<- EOF > ./postinst
+	#!$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+	echo "./borgbackup-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}-py${_PYTHON_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.egg" >> $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+	EOF
+
+	cat <<- EOF > ./prerm
+	#!$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+	sed -i "/\.\/borgbackup-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}-py${_PYTHON_VERSION}-linux-x86_64\.egg/d" $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+	EOF
 }