diff --git a/wayland-protocols.changes b/wayland-protocols.changes
index 359d736..2ce135e 100644
--- a/wayland-protocols.changes
+++ b/wayland-protocols.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep 17 06:37:37 UTC 2022 - Christophe Giboudeaux <christophe@krop.fr>
+
+- Explicitly require a python3 interpreter to build
+  wayland-protocols. It's needed to build the tests.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 12 20:14:54 UTC 2022 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/wayland-protocols.spec b/wayland-protocols.spec
index a2c8c74..19bd452 100644
--- a/wayland-protocols.spec
+++ b/wayland-protocols.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Patch0:         wayland-protocols-disable-pedantic-test-unstable-xdg-decoration-
 BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
 BuildRequires:  c_compiler
 BuildRequires:  meson >= 0.55.0
+BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(wayland-scanner)
 BuildArch:      noarch