diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 865b9d20..889af08e 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/finit/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/ifupdown2/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/mdnsd/Config.in"
+source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/python-templating/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/skeleton-init-finit/Config.in"
 source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH/package/querierd/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/ifupdown2/Config.in b/package/ifupdown2/Config.in
index ab59b23c..2f6c4e35 100644
--- a/package/ifupdown2/Config.in
+++ b/package/ifupdown2/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_IFUPDOWN2
 	bool "ifupdown2"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_IPROUTE2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # need, e.g., xml
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MAKO # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TEMPLATING # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS # runtime
 	help
diff --git a/package/ifupdown2/ifupdown2.mk b/package/ifupdown2/ifupdown2.mk
index 9fd67dbe..ec8f2fa4 100644
--- a/package/ifupdown2/ifupdown2.mk
+++ b/package/ifupdown2/ifupdown2.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ IFUPDOWN2_VERSION = a97d3e0cf96ab44e1e37a5940c83ea390f6656c7
 IFUPDOWN2_SITE = $(call github,kernelkit,ifupdown2,$(IFUPDOWN2_VERSION))
 IFUPDOWN2_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 IFUPDOWN2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-IFUPDOWN2_DEPENDENCIES = iproute2 python3 python-mako python-six python-setuptools
+IFUPDOWN2_DEPENDENCIES = iproute2 python3 python-templating python-six python-setuptools
 IFUPDOWN2_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
 $(eval $(python-package))