diff --git a/boost.changes b/boost.changes
index 64cb95c..5a5a255 100644
--- a/boost.changes
+++ b/boost.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 10 13:35:53 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- update python macros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb  3 15:58:17 UTC 2017 - adam.majer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index 90d8d66..51a3c08 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -1056,9 +1056,9 @@ cp user-config.jam user-config-py.jam
 cat << EOF >> user-config-py.jam
 using python 
      : %{py_ver}
-     : %{__python2}
-     : %{py_incdir}
-     : %{py_libdir}
+     : %{_bindir}/python2
+     : %{_includedir}/python%{py_ver}
+     : %{_libdir}/python%{py_ver}
      :
      : 
      ;
@@ -1076,12 +1076,13 @@ EOF
 
 # Build boost python3 and MPI, installed in python3 staging
 %if %{with python3}
+%{?!py3_abiflags:%define py3_abiflags m}
 cp user-config.jam user-config-py3.jam
 cat << EOF >> user-config-py3.jam
 using python 
 	: %{py3_ver}
-	: /usr/bin/python%{py3_ver}%{py3_abiflags}
-	: %{py3_incdir}
+	: %{_bindir}/python3
+	: %{_includedir}/python%{py3_ver}%{py3_abiflags}
 	:
 	:
         : .%{py3_soflags}