diff --git a/libsmbios.spec b/libsmbios.spec
index 9fcb0f9..2ab37e9 100644
--- a/libsmbios.spec
+++ b/libsmbios.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# This package depends on automagic byte compilation
+# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/No_more_automagic_Python_bytecompilation_phase_2
+%global _python_bytecompile_extra 1
+
 # these are all substituted by autoconf
 %define pot_file  libsmbios
 %define lang_dom  libsmbios-2.4