diff --git a/spacewalk-oscap.spec b/spacewalk-oscap.spec
index e2fda374ae..ddcac62824 100644
--- a/spacewalk-oscap.spec
+++ b/spacewalk-oscap.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%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
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Name:		spacewalk-oscap
 Version:	2.8.5
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Summary:	OpenSCAP plug-in for rhn-check
 
 License:	GPLv2
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ make -f Makefile.spacewalk-oscap install PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT PYTHONPATH=%{pyt
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 21 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.5-3
+- build python3 variant of the package (tkasparek@redhat.com)
+
 * Tue Mar 20 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.5-2
 - don't build python2 subpackages on systems with default python3
   (tkasparek@redhat.com)