diff --git a/grub2.changes b/grub2.changes
index 26a3db0..11c6003 100644
--- a/grub2.changes
+++ b/grub2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  6 15:34:03 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- use python3 for autogen.sh (fate#323526)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 31 13:36:02 UTC 2017 - msuchanek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/grub2.spec b/grub2.spec
index 16537ee..c208759 100644
--- a/grub2.spec
+++ b/grub2.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 %else
 BuildRequires:  texinfo
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  xz-devel
 %ifarch x86_64
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1230 || 0%{?suse_version} == 1110
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ mkdir build-emu
 %endif
 
 %build
+export PYTHON=%{_bindir}/python3
 # autogen calls autoreconf -vi
 ./autogen.sh
 # Not yet: