diff --git a/python2-setuptools.changes b/python2-setuptools.changes
index 9c78ec1..ce377d0 100644
--- a/python2-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python2-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr  7 08:39:25 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Provide easy-install with update-alternatives code to not conflict
+  with python3 variant
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  6 17:12:04 UTC 2020 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python2-setuptools.spec b/python2-setuptools.spec
index 2243ff8..bc7a4f4 100644
--- a/python2-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python2-setuptools.spec
@@ -26,15 +26,18 @@ Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setu
 Patch0:         sort-for-reproducibility.patch
 Patch1:         importlib.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  python2-base
 BuildRequires:  unzip
-Requires:       python2-base
-BuildArch:      noarch
 # The dependency download feature may require SSL, which is in python3-base and python(2)
-Requires:       python
+Requires:       python2
+Requires:       python2-base
+Requires(post): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 Recommends:     ca-certificates-mozilla
 Provides:       python-distribute = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      python-distribute < %{version}
+BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
 setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that
@@ -50,16 +53,23 @@ sed -r -i '1s@^#!/.*$@@' setuptools/command/easy_install.py \
     pkg_resources/_vendor/appdirs.py
 
 %build
-python2 setup.py build '--executable=%{_bindir}/python2 -s'
+%python2_build
 
 %install
-python2 setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --force --root %{buildroot} --prefix %{_prefix}
+%python2_install
+%prepare_alternative easy_install
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{python2_sitelib}
 
+%post
+%python_install_alternative easy_install
+
+%postun
+%python_uninstall_alternative easy_install
+
 %files
 %license LICENSE
 %doc CHANGES.rst README.rst
-%{_bindir}/easy_install*
+%python_alternative %{_bindir}/easy_install
 %{python2_sitelib}/setuptools
 %{python2_sitelib}/setuptools-%{version}-py*.egg-info
 %{python2_sitelib}/easy_install.py*