diff --git a/nftables.spec b/nftables.spec
index 1e5dc70..58ee04a 100644
--- a/nftables.spec
+++ b/nftables.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The nftables python module provides an interface to libnftables via ctypes.
 
 %build
 #./autogen.sh
-%configure --disable-silent-rules --with-xtables --with-json
+%configure --disable-silent-rules --with-xtables --with-json --enable-python --with-python-bin=/usr/bin/python3
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install