diff --git a/rhnpush.spec b/rhnpush.spec
index 5a17935b5c..0a6da49618 100644
--- a/rhnpush.spec
+++ b/rhnpush.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %{!?pylint_check: %global pylint_check 0}
 
-%if 0%{?fedora}
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 %global build_py3   1
 %global default_py3 1
 %endif
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Summary:       Package uploader for the Spacewalk or Red Hat Satellite Server
 License:       GPLv2
 URL:           https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk
 Version:       5.5.110
-Release:       3%{?dist}
+Release:       4%{?dist}
 Source0:       https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:     noarch
 Requires:      %{pythonX}-%{name} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ spacewalk-python2-pylint $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitel
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 14 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 5.5.110-4
+- build for python3 (tkasparek@redhat.com)
+
 * Thu Mar 08 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 5.5.110-3
 - disable pylint checks (tkasparek@redhat.com)