diff --git a/libnvme.changes b/libnvme.changes
index a960d68..b02b036 100644
--- a/libnvme.changes
+++ b/libnvme.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 21 12:54:56 UTC 2023 - Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@suse.com>
+
+- Label __pycache__ directory because meson 1.2.0 starts to install
+  the precompiled files.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 06 09:40:01 UTC 2023 - Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libnvme.spec b/libnvme.spec
index e83d20f..01c4672 100644
--- a/libnvme.spec
+++ b/libnvme.spec
@@ -113,5 +113,6 @@ export KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}
 %{python3_sitearch}/libnvme/*.so
 %{python3_sitearch}/libnvme/__init__.py
 %{python3_sitearch}/libnvme/nvme.py
+%pycache_only %{python3_sitearch}/libnvme/__pycache__
 
 %changelog