diff --git a/antlr.changes b/antlr.changes
index 0d463f7..a14b727 100644
--- a/antlr.changes
+++ b/antlr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov  3 10:03:12 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
+
+- Explicitly require python2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 29 13:23:59 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
 
diff --git a/antlr.spec b/antlr.spec
index fdce80e..9679796 100644
--- a/antlr.spec
+++ b/antlr.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python2-base
 BuildRequires:  xml-commons-apis
 Requires:       %{name}-java
 Provides:       %{name}-bootstrap = %{version}