diff --git a/glusterfs.changes b/glusterfs.changes
index c34b64b..de1c5d5 100644
--- a/glusterfs.changes
+++ b/glusterfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov  3 10:10:48 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
+
+- Explicitly require python2 as python3 is not yet supported
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 18 11:28:29 UTC 2017 - vcizek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/glusterfs.spec b/glusterfs.spec
index 638a343..470fdb8 100644
--- a/glusterfs.spec
+++ b/glusterfs.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  libaio-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python2
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fuse) >= 2.6.5