diff --git a/spacewalk-abrt.spec b/spacewalk-abrt.spec
index 75bce26561..14914eba34 100644
--- a/spacewalk-abrt.spec
+++ b/spacewalk-abrt.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%if 0%{?fedora}
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 %global build_py3   1
 %global default_py3 1
 %endif
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Name:           spacewalk-abrt
 Version:        2.8.3
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        ABRT plug-in for rhn-check
 
 License:        GPLv2
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ service abrtd restart
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 14 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.3-3
+- build spacewalk-abrt for python3 (tkasparek@redhat.com)
+
 * Mon Mar 05 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.3-2
 - rebuild for rhel8