diff --git a/python-rpm.changes b/python-rpm.changes
index f7b225e..63a346f 100644
--- a/python-rpm.changes
+++ b/python-rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 22 09:50:36 UTC 2018 - asmorodskyi@suse.com
+
+- Fix python-module compatibility with older distros 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  6 14:11:01 CEST 2018 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python-rpm.spec b/python-rpm.spec
index 4d6c460..6ca8ea3 100644
--- a/python-rpm.spec
+++ b/python-rpm.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 # Enable Python build sourced from rpm spec
 %global with_python 1
+%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-rpm
 Version:        4.14.2.1
 Release:        0