diff --git a/systemtap.changes b/systemtap.changes
index f60c6cf..4ca83df 100644
--- a/systemtap.changes
+++ b/systemtap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 10 12:48:28 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
+
+- Use pytho3 by default (fate#323526)
+  * Do not explicitly require python by subpackage, dependency gets
+    generated automatically
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 30 19:42:04 UTC 2017 - tonyj@suse.com
 
diff --git a/systemtap.spec b/systemtap.spec
index b462c8c..3301ae5 100644
--- a/systemtap.spec
+++ b/systemtap.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ BuildRequires:  mozilla-nspr-devel
 BuildRequires:  mozilla-nss-devel
 BuildRequires:  mozilla-nss-tools
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  sqlite-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 Requires:       %{name}-runtime = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ This package contains the server component of systemtap.
 Summary:        Static probe support tools
 Group:          Development/Tools/Debuggers
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       python-base
 
 %description sdt-devel
 SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running Linux.
@@ -96,11 +96,14 @@ This package contains the support tools for static probes.
 %patch2 -p1
 
 %build
-%configure --disable-docs --docdir=%{_docdir}/systemtap
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%configure \
+  --disable-docs \
+  --with-python3 \
+  --docdir=%{_docdir}/systemtap
+make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
 %install
-make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_install
 # XXX
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/systemtap/stap-server-request
 # README, AUTHORS, NEWS, man3 and all examples packaged by systemtap-docs