diff --git a/galera-python3.patch b/galera-python3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13bda0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/galera-python3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Upstream PR:
+https://github.com/codership/galera/pull/512
+
+diff -up galera-25.3.23/SConstruct.bak galera-25.3.23/SConstruct
+--- galera-25.3.23/SConstruct.bak	2018-07-13 15:14:49.059835554 +0200
++++ galera-25.3.23/SConstruct	2018-07-13 15:19:07.717967794 +0200
+@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ if link != 'default':
+     env.Replace(LINK = link)
+ 
+ # Get compiler name/version, CXX may be set to "c++" which may be clang or gcc
+-cc_version = read_first_line(env['CC'].split() + ['--version'])
+-cxx_version = read_first_line(env['CXX'].split() + ['--version'])
++cc_version = read_first_line(env['CC'].split() + ['--version']).decode()
++cxx_version = read_first_line(env['CXX'].split() + ['--version']).decode()
+ 
+ print('Using C compiler executable: ' + env['CC'])
+ print('C compiler version is: ' + cc_version)
diff --git a/galera.spec b/galera.spec
index b9fd418..df8384c 100644
--- a/galera.spec
+++ b/galera.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Source0:        http://releases.galeracluster.com/source/%{name}-%{version}.tar.
 Source1:        garbd.service
 Source2:        garbd-wrapper
 
-BuildRequires:  boost-devel check-devel openssl-devel scons systemd gcc-c++
+Patch0:         galera-python3.patch
+
+BuildRequires:  boost-devel check-devel openssl-devel python3-scons systemd gcc-c++
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 Provides:       bundled(asio)
 %else
@@ -38,13 +40,14 @@ replication engine see http://www.codership.com.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 CPPFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 CPPFLAGS=`echo $CPPFLAGS| sed -e "s|-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS||g" `
 export CPPFLAGS
 
-scons %{?_smp_mflags} strict_build_flags=0
+scons-3 %{?_smp_mflags} strict_build_flags=0
 
 
 %install
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ install -D -m 644 scripts/packages/README-MySQL %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/galera/RE
 %changelog
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Honza Horak <hhorak@redhat.com> - 25.3.23-4
 - Add explicit gcc-c++ BR
+- Use python3-scons
 
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Honza Horak <hhorak@redhat.com> - 25.3.23-3
 - Do not require asio on rhel