diff --git a/python-kitchen.changes b/python-kitchen.changes
index af433cc..7ed02b9 100644
--- a/python-kitchen.changes
+++ b/python-kitchen.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 19 06:35:00 UTC 2021 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Fix bare words in spec, no longer supported
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  9 12:53:34 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-kitchen.spec b/python-kitchen.spec
index aae25bd..9410daf 100644
--- a/python-kitchen.spec
+++ b/python-kitchen.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sed -i '1s/^#!.*//' kitchen2/kitchen/pycompat24/base64/_base64.py
 %check
 export LANG='en_US.UTF8'
 %{python_expand # run test
-%if $python == python2
+%if "$python" == "python2"
 pushd kitchen2
 %else
 pushd kitchen3