diff --git a/python-sip4.changes b/python-sip4.changes
index be924e2..0745308 100644
--- a/python-sip4.changes
+++ b/python-sip4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  5 22:28:42 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- compile even when older python-rpm-macros don't have the
+  python_compileall macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb 27 11:03:17 UTC 2021 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-sip4.spec b/python-sip4.spec
index 4914d18..20bb547 100644
--- a/python-sip4.spec
+++ b/python-sip4.spec
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ grep '%%requires_%{python3_prefix}_sip_api'  %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros
   echo "%%requires_%{python3_prefix}_sip_api Requires: %{python_prefix}-sip(api) = %%python_sip_api_ver" >> %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.python_all-sip4
 %endif
 %{?python_compileall}
+%{?!python_compileall:%python_exec -m compileall %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}}
+%{?!python_compileall:%python_exec -O -m compileall %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}}
 %python_clone -a %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/sip
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/sip