diff --git a/epel-rpm-macros.spec b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
index 8efc14d..f02234e 100644
--- a/epel-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE3} \
 %changelog
 * Sun Jun 07 2020 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 8-12
 - Backport %%py_shebang_fix, %%pytest, %%py_provides
+- Allow to combine %%pycached with other macros (e.g. %%exclude or %%ghost) (#1838992)
 
 * Thu Apr 30 2020 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 8-11
 - Install python36-rpm-macros or python38-rpm-macros correctly
diff --git a/macros.epel-rpm-macros b/macros.epel-rpm-macros
index 770dc05..3aa950c 100644
--- a/macros.epel-rpm-macros
+++ b/macros.epel-rpm-macros
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # This only supports Python 3.5+ and will never work with Python 2.
 # Hence, it has no Python version in the name.
 %pycached() %{lua:
-  path = rpm.expand("%{?1}")
+  path = rpm.expand("%{?*}")
   if (string.sub(path, "-3") ~= ".py") then
     rpm.expand("%{error:%%pycached can only be used with paths explicitly ending with .py}")
   else