diff --git a/macros.python3 b/macros.python3
index 2bd193b..7214a72 100644
--- a/macros.python3
+++ b/macros.python3
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
 # hard to say if anyone ever used these?
 #py3_soflags cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu
 #py3_abiflags m
-%cpython3_soabi   %(python3 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('SOABI'))")
+%cpython3_soabi   %(python3.8 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('SOABI'))")
 %py3_soflags      %cpython3_soabi
 
 # compilation macros that might be in use somewhere
 %py3_compile(O) \
 find %1 -name '*.pyc' -exec rm -f {} ";"\
-python3 -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1\
+python3.8 -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1\
 %{-O:\
 find %1 -name '*.pyo' -exec rm -f {} ";"\
-python3 -O -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1\
+python3.8 -O -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1\
 }
 
 
diff --git a/python3.changes b/python3.changes
index e2e8f5f..675456d 100644
--- a/python3.changes
+++ b/python3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 10 07:14:33 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Change macros.python3 to use full versioned 3.8 instead of just 3
+  for python interpreter
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul  1 11:50:19 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>