diff --git a/python39.changes b/python39.changes
index 2447691..9cbb1e0 100644
--- a/python39.changes
+++ b/python39.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 13 08:51:46 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildRequire rpm-build-python: The provider to inject python(abi)
+  has been moved there. rpm-build pulls rpm-build-python
+  automatically in when building anything against python3-base, but
+  this implies that the initial build of python3-base does not
+  trigger the automatic installation.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 31 10:17:28 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python39.spec b/python39.spec
index a0c3bc4..627b2e6 100644
--- a/python39.spec
+++ b/python39.spec
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ BuildRequires:  lzma-devel
 BuildRequires:  netcfg
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+# The provider for python(abi) is in rpm-build-python
+BuildRequires:  rpm-build-python
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bzip2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(expat)