diff --git a/pidgin.changes b/pidgin.changes
index eabdd4f..a21fe7d 100644
--- a/pidgin.changes
+++ b/pidgin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov  2 13:25:45 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
+
+- Explicitly require python2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 22 06:37:17 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/pidgin.spec b/pidgin.spec
index 69d2e2f..37d4f70 100644
--- a/pidgin.spec
+++ b/pidgin.spec
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ BuildRequires:  meanwhile-devel
 BuildRequires:  mozilla-nspr-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python-devel
+BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  startup-notification-devel
 BuildRequires:  tk-devel
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ cp -f %{SOURCE3} %{name}-prefs.xml
 mv po/my_MM.po po/my.po
 sed -i "/ALL_LINGUAS/s/ my_MM / my /" configure.ac
 
+# Do not use env for python sripts
+sed -i "s|env python|python2|g" libpurple/purple-*
+
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fstack-protector -fPIC"
 export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fstack-protector -fPIC"