diff --git a/weechat.changes b/weechat.changes
index db2d831..d13a5d1 100644
--- a/weechat.changes
+++ b/weechat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 11 19:16:10 UTC 2010 - gber@opensuse.org
+
+- fixed build for Python > 2.6
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug  8 07:02:19 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/weechat.spec b/weechat.spec
index 57e39aa..06d18ef 100644
--- a/weechat.spec
+++ b/weechat.spec
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ Spell-checking support for %{name}, using the aspell library.
 %build
 %__mkdir build
 pushd build
-cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%{_prefix}" -DLIBDIR="%{_libdir}" VERBOSE=1 ..
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%{_prefix}" -DLIBDIR="%{_libdir}" \
+	-DPYTHON_LIBRARY="%{_libdir}/libpython%{py_ver}.so" VERBOSE=1 ..
 %__make %{?jobs:-j%{jobs}}
 popd #build