diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 95b0813..773e96e 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 16 15:58:12 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- update for multipython build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 12 12:57:12 UTC 2016 - hpj@urpla.net
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index cda39b6..7ab7f8b 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 #
 
 
+%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%1 python3-%1}
 Name:           python-setuptools
 Version:        28.3.0
 Release:        0
-Url:            http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
 Summary:        Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
 License:        Python-2.0 or ZPL-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ Patch1:         setuptools-5.4.1-create-sitedir.patch
 Patch3:         fix-sle11-test-failure.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM better handling of certificate store in SUSE
 Patch4:         setuptools-certpath.patch
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  python-xml
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 # needed for SLE
 Requires:       python
 Requires:       python-six
@@ -45,17 +45,18 @@ Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 # obsoletes setuptools < 0.6.45, current setuptools obsoletes distribute again
 Provides:       python-distribute = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      python-distribute < %{version}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-%else
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
 
+%python_subpackages
+
 %description
 setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that
 allow you to more easily build and distribute Python packages,
 especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.
 
+
 %prep
 %setup -q -n setuptools-%{version}
 %patch1 -p1
@@ -77,14 +78,11 @@ chmod -x README.rst
 sed -r -i '1s@^#!/.*$@@' pkg_resources/_vendor/appdirs.py setuptools/command/easy_install.py
 
 %build
-python setup.py build
+%python_build
 
 %install
-python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
-rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/easy_install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
-touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/easy_install
-ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/easy_install %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/easy_install
+%python_install
+%prepare_alternative easy_install
 
 # Can not run testsuite as this introduces build cycle
 #%check
@@ -92,23 +90,19 @@ ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/easy_install %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/easy_ins
 #python setup.py ptr --addopts='-rxs'
 
 %post
-update-alternatives \
-    --install %{_bindir}/easy_install easy_install %{_bindir}/easy_install-%{py_ver} 20
+%python_install_alternative easy_install
 
 %postun
-if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
-    update-alternatives --remove easy_install %{_bindir}/easy_install-%{py_ver}
-fi
+%python_uninstall_alternative easy_install
 
-%files
+%files %python_files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc CHANGES.rst README.rst
-%{_bindir}/easy_install
-%{_bindir}/easy_install-%{py_ver}
-%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/easy_install
+%python_alternative %{_bindir}/easy_install
 %{python_sitelib}/setuptools
-%{python_sitelib}/setuptools-%{version}-py%{py_ver}.egg-info
+%{python_sitelib}/setuptools-%{version}-py%{python_version}.egg-info
 %{python_sitelib}/easy_install.py*
+%pycache_only %{python_sitelib}/__pycache__/easy_install.*
 %dir %{python_sitelib}/pkg_resources
 %{python_sitelib}/pkg_resources/*