diff --git a/Botan.changes b/Botan.changes
index c3573fd..1f1834f 100644
--- a/Botan.changes
+++ b/Botan.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov  1 14:26:47 UTC 2017 - mimi.vx@gmail.com
+
+- configure Botan explicitly with python3 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct  4 07:49:54 UTC 2017 - daniel.molkentin@suse.com
 
diff --git a/Botan.spec b/Botan.spec
index 149cfda..4b41471 100644
--- a/Botan.spec
+++ b/Botan.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libopenssl-1_0_0-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 Requires:       bzip2 >= 1.0.2
 Requires:       gmp >= 4.1
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ programs that use the Botan library.
 %build
 export RPM_OPT_FLAGS
 
-./configure.py \
+python3 ./configure.py \
   --prefix=%{_prefix} \
   --libdir=%{_libdir} \
   --docdir=%{_defaultdocdir} \