diff --git a/boost.changes b/boost.changes
index f7b33d0..15a5593 100644
--- a/boost.changes
+++ b/boost.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb  1 08:35:06 UTC 2019 - cgoll@suse.com
+
+- fixed hpc build for python3.7 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 23 20:23:54 UTC 2019 - cgoll@suse.com
 
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index 474388c..6de5e49 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ ExcludeArch:    s390x %{ix86} ppc64 ppc64le
 %define base_name %{hpc_package_name %_ver}
 %define package_name %{hpc_package_name %_ver}
 %define package_python2_sitearch %hpc_python_sitearch
-%define package_python3_sitearch %{hpc_libdir}/python3.6/site-packages
+%define package_python3_sitearch %{hpc_libdir}/python3.[0-9]/site-packages
 %else
 %define package_prefix %{_prefix}
 %define package_bindir %{_bindir}