diff --git a/python38.changes b/python38.changes
index a1f4de0..8e4e714 100644
--- a/python38.changes
+++ b/python38.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct  9 16:05:50 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Fix build with RPM 4.16: error: bare words are no longer
+  supported, please use "...":  x86 == ppc.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 25 06:58:03 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python38.spec b/python38.spec
index 6381655..8e99a9b 100644
--- a/python38.spec
+++ b/python38.spec
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@
 %define         so_minor 0
 %define         so_version %{python_version_soname}%{abi_kind}-%{so_major}_%{so_minor}
 # rpm and python have different ideas about what is an arch-dependent name, so:
-%if %{__isa_name} == ppc
+%if "%{__isa_name}" == "ppc"
 %define archname %(echo %{_arch} | sed s/ppc/powerpc/)
 %else
 %define archname %{_arch}
 %endif
 # our arm has Hardware-Floatingpoint
-%if %{_arch} == arm
+%if "%{_arch}" == "arm"
 %define armsuffix hf
 %endif
 # pyexpat.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu