diff --git a/libgexiv2.spec b/libgexiv2.spec
index d00a935..9cf5cd0 100644
--- a/libgexiv2.spec
+++ b/libgexiv2.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ This package contains the python3 bindings for %{name}
 %install
 %meson_install
 
+# Explicitly byte compile as the automagic byte compilation doesn't work for
+# /app prefix in flatpak builds
+%py_byte_compile %{__python3} %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/gi/overrides
+
 %check
 %meson_test