diff --git a/nftables.changes b/nftables.changes
index 6e26c92..18f5551 100644
--- a/nftables.changes
+++ b/nftables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  9 09:39:52 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Add json, python [boo#1158723]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  3 09:09:28 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/nftables.spec b/nftables.spec
index 99ce9b8..e00a857 100644
--- a/nftables.spec
+++ b/nftables.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  gmp-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config >= 0.21
+BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(jansson)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libmnl) >= 1.0.3
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnftnl) >= 1.1.4
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xtables) >= 1.6.1
@@ -67,6 +69,13 @@ library.
 
 This package contains the header files for the library.
 
+%package -n python3-nftables
+Summary:        Python interface for nftables
+Group:          Development/Languages/Python
+
+%description -n python3-nftables
+A Python module for nftables.
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
@@ -78,7 +87,8 @@ mkdir obj
 pushd obj/
 %define _configure ../configure
 %configure --disable-silent-rules --disable-static --docdir="%_docdir/%name" \
-	--includedir="%_includedir/%name" --disable-python
+	--includedir="%_includedir/%name" --with-json \
+	--enable-python --with-python-bin="$(which python3)"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 popd
 
@@ -93,7 +103,6 @@ mv "$b/%_sysconfdir/nftables"/* "$b/%_docdir/%name/examples/"
 %postun -n libnftables1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %license COPYING
 %_sbindir/nft
 %_mandir/man5/*.5*
@@ -109,4 +118,7 @@ mv "$b/%_sysconfdir/nftables"/* "$b/%_docdir/%name/examples/"
 %_libdir/pkgconfig/*.pc
 %_mandir/man3/*.3*
 
+%files -n python3-nftables
+%python3_sitelib/nftables*
+
 %changelog