diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec
index 465c746..19a77da 100644
--- a/ansible.spec
+++ b/ansible.spec
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ Requires:       %{python}-paramiko
 Requires:       %{python}-passlib
 Requires:       %{python}-pycrypto >= 2.6
 Requires:       %{python}-setuptools > 0.6
+%if ! %{with python3}
 Requires:       %{python}-xml
+%endif
 Recommends:     %{python}-boto3
 Recommends:     %{python}-botocore
 Recommends:     %{python}-dnspython