diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index 33e3f5e..580229a 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 31 22:42:57 UTC 2024 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- only call the %python3_fix_shebang_path if it is actually
+  defined. This fixes the build on 15.x
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 31 21:04:34 UTC 2024 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index f729548..b437467 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -446,8 +446,10 @@ install -m 0644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/
 %find_lang %{name}
 cat %{name}.lang >>bin-man-doc-files
 
+%if %{defined python3_fix_shebang_path}
 # fix shebang for git-p4 (and possibly others)
 %python3_fix_shebang_path %{buildroot}%{gitexecdir}/*
+%endif
 
 # use symlinks instead of hardlinks in sub-commands
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}