diff --git a/macros.python b/macros.python
index 6c6b478..99a22e2 100644
--- a/macros.python
+++ b/macros.python
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 %py_libdir		%{py_prefix}/%{_lib}/python%{py_ver}
 %py_incdir		%{py_prefix}/include/python%{py_ver}
 %py_sitedir		%{py_libdir}/site-packages
+%__python2              /usr/bin/python2
+
 %py_compile(O)	\
 find %1 -name '*.pyc' -exec rm -f {} \\; \
 python -c "import sys, os, compileall; br='%{buildroot}'; compileall.compile_dir(sys.argv[1], ddir=br and (sys.argv[1][len(os.path.abspath(br)):]+'/') or None)" %1 \
diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index f5e91e7..893b4a7 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 10 11:19:58 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- add __python2 compatibility macro (used by Fedora)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun May 24 14:36:37 UTC 2015 - michael@stroeder.com