diff --git a/samba.spec b/samba.spec
index 0d1cc97..eddf548 100644
--- a/samba.spec
+++ b/samba.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+%if 0%{?sle_version} >= 150000
+%define with_python3 1
+%else
+%define with_python3 0
+%endif
 
 #Compat macro for new _fillupdir macro introduced in Nov 2017
 %if ! %{defined _fillupdir}
@@ -107,6 +112,10 @@ BuildRequires:  popt-devel
 BuildRequires:  pwdutils
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-xml
+%if %{with_python3}
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-xml
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1330
 BuildRequires:  rpcgen
@@ -124,6 +133,12 @@ BuildRequires:  python-ldb-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-talloc-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-tdb
 BuildRequires:  python-tevent
+%if %{with_python3}
+BuildRequires:  python3-ldb-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-talloc-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-tdb
+BuildRequires:  python3-tevent
+%endif
 # to generate the man pages
 BuildRequires:  docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
@@ -355,6 +370,21 @@ Requires:       python-tevent
 The samba-python package contains the Python libraries needed by programs
 that use SMB, RPC and other Samba provided protocols in Python programs.
 
+%if %{with_python3}
+%package python3
+Summary:        Samba Python3 libraries
+License:        GPL-3.0+
+Group:          Applications/System
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+Requires:       python3-ldb
+Requires:       python3-talloc
+Requires:       python3-tdb
+Requires:       python3-tevent
+
+%description python3
+The samba-python3 package contains the Python libraries needed by programs
+that use SMB, RPC and other Samba provided protocols in Python3 programs.
+%endif
 
 %package test
 Summary:        Testing tools for Samba servers and clients
@@ -1038,6 +1068,9 @@ CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="\
 	--disable-python \
 %endif
 	--bundled-libraries=NONE,socket_wrapper,cmocka,${bundled_libraries_extra} \
+%if %{with_python3}
+    --extra-python=/usr/bin/python3 \
+%endif
 "
 ./configure ${CONFIGURE_OPTIONS}
 make %{build_make_smp_mflags} \
@@ -1955,6 +1988,12 @@ fi
 %exclude %{python_sitearch}/*
 %endif
 
+%if %{with_python3}
+%files python3
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{python3_sitearch}/*
+%endif
+
 %files test
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/gentest