diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index ae22fb7..fc27a33 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(dbus-1)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gnutls)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libsystemd)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libusb-1.0)
+# make sure we have __python3 macro
+BuildRequires: python-srpm-macros
 # Make sure we get postscriptdriver tags.
 BuildRequires: python3-cups
 BuildRequires: systemd