diff --git a/debian/patches/debian/0002-python3-hook.patch b/debian/patches/debian/0002-python3-hook.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74cdcea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/debian/0002-python3-hook.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
+Description: Using python3 in commit-msg hook (Closes: #891538).
+
+diff -Naurp gitlint.orig/gitlint/files/commit-msg gitlint/gitlint/files/commit-msg
+--- gitlint.orig/gitlint/files/commit-msg
++++ gitlint/gitlint/files/commit-msg
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fi
+ 
+ run_gitlint(){
+    echo "gitlint: checking commit message..."
+-   python -m gitlint.cli --staged --msg-filename "$1"
++   python3 -m gitlint.cli --staged --msg-filename "$1"
+    gitlint_exit_code=$?
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 65e35c4..3bfdd92 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 debian/0001-fix-test-with-python3.patch
+debian/0002-python3-hook.patch