diff --git a/paraview.changes b/paraview.changes
index 73cb41c..26c9d58 100644
--- a/paraview.changes
+++ b/paraview.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 20 05:05:52 UTC 2013 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- Enable python scripting with paraview 
+  (cmake variable DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON:BOOL=ON); had been
+  turned off because earlier versions of paraview had some
+  building issues with this enabled.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 12 00:43:02 UTC 2013 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/paraview.spec b/paraview.spec
index 45adccb..9200cff 100644
--- a/paraview.spec
+++ b/paraview.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libQtWebKit-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtiff-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
+%py_requires
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140
 BuildRequires:  qt4-assistant-adp-devel
 %endif
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}"
         -DPARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI:BOOL=ON \\\
         -DPARAVIEW_QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=%{_bindir}/qmake \\\
         -DPARAVIEW_BUILD_PLUGIN_SLACTools:BOOL=ON \\\
-        -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON:BOOL=OFF \\\
+        -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON:BOOL=ON \\\
         -DVTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA:BOOL=OFF \\\
         -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT:BOOL=ON \\\
         -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE:BOOL=ON \\\