diff --git a/rhn-virtualization.spec b/rhn-virtualization.spec
index 30a6ebc..6829e9f 100644
--- a/rhn-virtualization.spec
+++ b/rhn-virtualization.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %define rhn_conf_dir %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/rhn
 %define cron_dir %{_sysconfdir}/cron.d
 
-%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?suse_version} > 1320 || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 %global build_py3   1
 %global default_py3 1
 %endif
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Name:           rhn-virtualization 
 Summary:        RHN/Spacewalk action support for virtualization
 Version:        5.4.70
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 
 License:        GPLv2
 URL:            https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 14 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 5.4.70-3
+- build rhn-virtualization for python3 (tkasparek@redhat.com)
+
 * Mon Mar 05 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 5.4.70-2
 - rebuild for rhel8