diff --git a/ocaml-pyml.changes b/ocaml-pyml.changes
index fc20058..0514de9 100644
--- a/ocaml-pyml.changes
+++ b/ocaml-pyml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 15 15:15:15 UTC 2021 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Select any python flavor via python(abi)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  9 09:09:09 UTC 2021 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ocaml-pyml.spec b/ocaml-pyml.spec
index cb79f60..c70857b 100644
--- a/ocaml-pyml.spec
+++ b/ocaml-pyml.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ocamlfind(findlib)
 BuildRequires:  ocamlfind(stdcompat)
 BuildRequires:  ocamlfind(unix)
 # make check
-BuildRequires:  python > 3.0
+BuildRequires:  python(abi) > 3.0
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1315
 BuildRequires:  python3-numpy
 %else