diff --git a/python-Pygments.changes b/python-Pygments.changes
index b96c3ca..a9a99b8 100644
--- a/python-Pygments.changes
+++ b/python-Pygments.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 13 16:20:21 UTC 2020 - Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@gmx.fr>
+
+- set the minimal version of python to 3.5 to match upstream
+  requirement
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar  9 19:52:24 UTC 2020 - Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@gmx.fr>
 
diff --git a/python-Pygments.spec b/python-Pygments.spec
index 50abd6c..02198d0 100644
--- a/python-Pygments.spec
+++ b/python-Pygments.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ License:        BSD-2-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            http://pygments.org
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/P/Pygments/Pygments-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.5}
 # We need pytest just because of its test runner, it seems even
 # python3 stdlib unittest runner doesn't work
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}