diff --git a/librevenge.spec b/librevenge.spec
index 2b6cac0..9e7bec4 100644
--- a/librevenge.spec
+++ b/librevenge.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BuildRequires: doxygen
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(cppunit)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(zlib)
+BuildRequires: python3-devel
 BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
@@ -69,10 +70,13 @@ sed -i \
 
 %install
 %make_install
+
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.la
 # we install API docs directly from build
 rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/%{name}
 
+%py_byte_compile %{python3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}
+
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
 %check
@@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}%{_libdir}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PA
 %files gdb
 %{_datadir}/gdb/auto-load%{_libdir}/%{name}-%{apiversion}-gdb.py*
 %{_datadir}/gdb/auto-load%{_libdir}/%{name}-stream-%{apiversion}-gdb.py*
+%{_datadir}/gdb/auto-load%{_libdir}/__pycache__
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/python
 %endif