diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/syslog-ng/files/0005-.py-s-python-python3-exclude-tests.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/syslog-ng/files/0005-.py-s-python-python3-exclude-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8be7d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/syslog-ng/files/0005-.py-s-python-python3-exclude-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From b64fcc414316592968f181c85447cfd01d1e461e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Yi Fan Yu <yifan.yu@windriver.com>
+Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:48:19 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] *.py: s/python/python3/ (exclude tests)
+
+As stated by https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/pull/3603
+python2 is EOL.
+
+Fix all shebangs calling python instead of python3
+except the tests.
+
+(correcting lib/merge-grammar.py)
+Signed-off-by: Joe Slater <joe.slater@windriver.com>
+(adding the rest)
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/pull/3647]
+
+Signed-off-by: Yi Fan Yu <yifan.yu@windriver.com>
+---
+ contrib/scripts/config-graph-json-to-dot.py | 2 +-
+ lib/merge-grammar.py                        | 2 +-
+ modules/python/pylib/setup.py               | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/contrib/scripts/config-graph-json-to-dot.py b/contrib/scripts/config-graph-json-to-dot.py
+index 4955c81..0351a9a 100755
+--- a/contrib/scripts/config-graph-json-to-dot.py
++++ b/contrib/scripts/config-graph-json-to-dot.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env python
++#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ import json, sys
+ 
+ j = None
+diff --git a/lib/merge-grammar.py b/lib/merge-grammar.py
+index 7313ff5..459712d 100755
+--- a/lib/merge-grammar.py
++++ b/lib/merge-grammar.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env python
++#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ #############################################################################
+ # Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Balabit
+ #
+diff --git a/modules/python/pylib/setup.py b/modules/python/pylib/setup.py
+index 23bb5cc..a2fa05e 100755
+--- a/modules/python/pylib/setup.py
++++ b/modules/python/pylib/setup.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env python
++#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ #############################################################################
+ # Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Balabit
+ #