diff --git a/python-docker.changes b/python-docker.changes
index 398bb8d..45826bd 100644
--- a/python-docker.changes
+++ b/python-docker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  9 20:28:16 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- fix build for older python 3.x versions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul  1 17:44:06 UTC 2018 - arun@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/python-docker.spec b/python-docker.spec
index dabe448..078265d 100644
--- a/python-docker.spec
+++ b/python-docker.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          System/Management
 URL:            https://github.com/docker/docker-py
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/d/docker/docker-%{version}.tar.gz
+%if 0%{?python3_version_nodots} < 36
+BuildRequires:  %{oldpython}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module backports.ssl_match_hostname >= 3.5}
+BuildRequires:  python3
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docker-pycreds >= 0.2.3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}