diff --git a/checkpolicy-2.6.tar.gz b/checkpolicy-2.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 8975019..0000000
--- a/checkpolicy-2.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:0bebd18688ca8027b1b3b4ff1532c0626f1fe49883ae6cb74d9d385940e74157
-size 69748
diff --git a/checkpolicy-2.8.tar.gz b/checkpolicy-2.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49114e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkpolicy-2.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9dec811c24b88e58c3bf741365eacf1dbb945531a2fcb8f284aacf68098194c8
+size 66243
diff --git a/checkpolicy-tests.tar.gz b/checkpolicy-tests.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..070181a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkpolicy-tests.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:31963e5a13050e221f8f1c68ca2d4def3a783a803499cd498a2f62d6787d52b2
+size 13993
diff --git a/checkpolicy.changes b/checkpolicy.changes
index 66b9bb8..98f2ee0 100644
--- a/checkpolicy.changes
+++ b/checkpolicy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 11 17:19:04 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Enable parallel build. Remove ineffective LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS"
+  (RPM_LD_FLAGS is always empty).
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov  7 16:26:24 UTC 2018 - jsegitz@suse.com
+
+- Source URL was invalid (bsc#1115052)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 17 11:52:55 UTC 2018 - jsegitz@suse.com
+
+- Update to version 2.8 (bsc#1111732)
+- Dropped checkpolicy-build.patch, not necessary anymore
+- Removed BuildRequires for byacc. It builds without and this blocks
+  building on SLE 15
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 11 07:48:05 UTC 2018 - jsegitz@suse.com
+
+- checkpolicy-build.patch was added in the former change to fix build
+  failures
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 16 07:16:19 UTC 2018 - mcepl@suse.com
+
+- Rebase to 2.7
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 24 09:01:04 UTC 2017 - jsegitz@suse.com
 
diff --git a/checkpolicy.spec b/checkpolicy.spec
index 1cd0c08..04a8533 100644
--- a/checkpolicy.spec
+++ b/checkpolicy.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package checkpolicy
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,23 +12,24 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
-%define libsepol_ver 2.6
+%define libsepol_ver 2.8
 Name:           checkpolicy
-Version:        2.6
+Version:        2.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        SELinux policy compiler
-License:        GPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Security
 Url:            https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux
-Source:         https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20161014/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/20180524/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        checkpolicy-tests.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
-BuildRequires:  libsepol-devel-static >= %{libsepol_ver}
+BuildRequires:  libsepol-devel-static => %{libsepol_ver}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -40,29 +41,50 @@ utilities that implement mandatory access control policies, such as
 Type Enforcement, Role-based Access Control and Multi-Level
 Security.)
 
+%package devel
+Summary:        Development files for SELinux policy compiler
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+
+%description devel
+checkpolicy is the SELinux policy compiler. It uses libsepol to
+generate the binary policy.
+
+This package contains the development files, which are
+necessary to develop your own software using checkpolicy.
+
+%package -n python3-%{name}
+Summary:        Python bindings for SELinux policy compiler
+Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+
+%description -n python3-%{name}
+checkpolicy is the SELinux policy compiler. It uses libsepol to
+generate the binary policy.
+
+This package contains the Python bindindgs, which are necessary
+to use checkpolicy from Python.
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-make %{?_smp_mflags} clean
-make LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{?_smp_mflags}
-cd test
+make clean
 make LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{?_smp_mflags}
+make -C test LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
-make LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
-install test/dismod %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/sedismod
-install test/dispol %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/sedispol
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
+%make_install LIBDIR="%{_libdir}"
+install test/dismod %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/sedismod
+install test/dispol %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/sedispol
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc COPYING ChangeLog
 %{_bindir}/checkpolicy
 %{_bindir}/checkmodule
 %{_bindir}/sedismod
 %{_bindir}/sedispol
-%{_mandir}/man8/checkmodule.8%{ext_man}
-%{_mandir}/man8/checkpolicy.8%{ext_man}
+%{_mandir}/man8/check*.*%{ext_man}
 
 %changelog