diff --git a/libxcb.spec b/libxcb.spec
index 9961529..08416cd 100644
--- a/libxcb.spec
+++ b/libxcb.spec
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ Python bindings for %{name}.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .git
 %patch2 -p1 -b .no-nagle
 
+%if !0%{?bootstrap}
+pushd ../xpyb-%{xpyb_version}
+# XXX fix me upstream please
+sed -i 's@$(pythondir)@$(pyexecdir)@' src/Makefile.am
+popd
+%endif
+
 %build
 autoreconf -v --install
 %configure --disable-static --docdir=%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version} \
@@ -86,6 +93,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %if !0%{?bootstrap}
 pushd ../xpyb-%{xpyb_version}
+autoreconf -v --install
 %configure
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 popd