diff --git a/mingw-glib2.spec b/mingw-glib2.spec
index ff14d1b..c8d34a8 100644
--- a/mingw-glib2.spec
+++ b/mingw-glib2.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 %?mingw_package_header
 
+# See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python_Appendix#Manual_byte_compilation
+%global __python %{__python3}
+
 Name:           mingw-glib2
-Version:        2.52.2
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        2.53.6
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        MinGW Windows GLib2 library
 
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  mingw64-zlib
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 # Native version required for glib-genmarshal
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel >= 2.45.3
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 
 # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674214
 Patch1:         0001-Use-CreateFile-on-Win32-to-make-sure-g_unlink-always.patch
@@ -56,8 +60,8 @@ MinGW Windows Glib2 library.
 # Win32
 %package -n mingw32-glib2
 Summary:        MinGW Windows Glib2 library for the win32 target
-# Needed for glib-mkenums that's written in perl
-Requires:       perl-interpreter
+# glib-genmarshal and glib-mkenums are written in Python
+Requires:       python3
 
 %description -n mingw32-glib2
 MinGW Windows Glib2 library.
@@ -73,8 +77,8 @@ Static version of the MinGW Windows GLib2 library.
 # Win64
 %package -n mingw64-glib2
 Summary:        MinGW Windows Glib2 library for the win64 target
-# Needed for glib-mkenums that's written in perl
-Requires:       perl-interpreter
+# glib-genmarshal and glib-mkenums are written in Python
+Requires:       python3
 
 %description -n mingw64-glib2
 MinGW Windows Glib2 library.
@@ -99,8 +103,8 @@ Static version of the MinGW Windows GLib2 library.
 
 %build
 #GLib can't build static and shared libraries in one go, so we build GLib twice
-MINGW_BUILDDIR_SUFFIX=_static %mingw_configure --disable-shared --enable-static
-MINGW_BUILDDIR_SUFFIX=_shared %mingw_configure --disable-static
+MINGW_BUILDDIR_SUFFIX=_static %mingw_configure --with-python=%{__python3} --disable-shared --enable-static
+MINGW_BUILDDIR_SUFFIX=_shared %mingw_configure --with-python=%{__python3} --disable-static
 
 MINGW_BUILDDIR_SUFFIX=_static %mingw_make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 MINGW_BUILDDIR_SUFFIX=_shared %mingw_make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la" -delete
 %{mingw32_bindir}/gio-querymodules.exe
 %{mingw32_bindir}/glib-compile-resources.exe
 %{mingw32_bindir}/glib-compile-schemas.exe
-%{mingw32_bindir}/glib-genmarshal.exe
+%{mingw32_bindir}/glib-genmarshal
 %{mingw32_bindir}/glib-gettextize
 %{mingw32_bindir}/glib-mkenums
 %{mingw32_bindir}/gobject-query.exe
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la" -delete
 %{mingw64_bindir}/gio-querymodules.exe
 %{mingw64_bindir}/glib-compile-resources.exe
 %{mingw64_bindir}/glib-compile-schemas.exe
-%{mingw64_bindir}/glib-genmarshal.exe
+%{mingw64_bindir}/glib-genmarshal
 %{mingw64_bindir}/glib-gettextize
 %{mingw64_bindir}/glib-mkenums
 %{mingw64_bindir}/gobject-query.exe
@@ -279,6 +283,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la" -delete
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 21 2017 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 2.53.6-1
+- Update to 2.53.6
+
 * Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.52.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d44572f..177fb3c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (glib-2.52.2.tar.xz) = 3ea49b75b6f80d9974ebd3c40518d5aaffffd9d9d008c1ae3302690fa34899b91ae59c87f8235077129bbd8b01ef19211efb89bc7fdb08d0254b07735b1ba92d
+SHA512 (glib-2.53.6.tar.xz) = 3d43b72dccc9cb9d43944f10c9bffdf8bf6b513a7b9c0bd8a6a39960f334dc08474cb12f529b38c8465b5aff2e2597d6c8fa70c9312308f8131723d0086b3b37