diff --git a/libesedb.changes b/libesedb.changes
index 8d9267a..d1c51a1 100644
--- a/libesedb.changes
+++ b/libesedb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  5 11:03:08 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Allow distros to decide to no longer build python2 bindings
+  (bcond_without python2). Tumbleweed declares this already.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr  7 15:32:21 UTC 2020 - Greg Freemyer <Greg.Freemyer@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/libesedb.spec b/libesedb.spec
index a340779..11af396 100644
--- a/libesedb.spec
+++ b/libesedb.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #
 
 
+%bcond_without python2
+
 %define lname	libesedb1
 %define timestamp 20191220
 Name:           libesedb
@@ -32,7 +34,9 @@ Source4:        Forensic_analysis_of_the_Windows_Search_database.pdf
 Source5:        Windows_Search.pdf
 Source6:        libesedb-libfdata.pdf
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+%if %{with python2}
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libbfio) >= 20130721
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcdata) >= 20140105
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcerror) >= 20140105
@@ -133,7 +137,13 @@ cp "%{SOURCE5}" .
 cp "%{SOURCE6}" .
 
 %build
-%configure --disable-static --enable-wide-character-type --enable-python2 --enable-python3
+%configure \
+    --disable-static \
+    --enable-wide-character-type \
+%if %{with python2}
+    --enable-python2 \
+%endif
+    --enable-python3
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
@@ -172,11 +182,13 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libesedb.pc
 %{_mandir}/man3/libesedb.3*
 
+%if %{with python2}
 %files -n python2-%{name}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc AUTHORS README ChangeLog
 %license COPYING 
 %{python2_sitearch}/pyesedb.so
+%endif
 
 %files -n python3-%{name}
 %defattr(-,root,root)