diff --git a/python-packaging.spec b/python-packaging.spec
index ea93e7a..8a7d319 100644
--- a/python-packaging.spec
+++ b/python-packaging.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 %global with_python3 1
 %endif
 
+# Use this when bootstraping python3-sphinx
+%bcond_with bootstrap
+
 %global python2_wheelname %{pypi_name}-%{version}-py2.py3-none-any.whl
 %global python3_wheelname %python2_wheelname
 
@@ -43,7 +46,12 @@ BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pretend
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pyparsing
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-six
+%if %{without bootstrap}
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-sphinx
+%else
+# When bootstrapping, we'll use Python 2 sphinx
+BuildRequires:  python2-sphinx
+%endif
 %endif
 
 %if 0%{?build_wheel}
@@ -113,7 +121,7 @@ rm -rf %{pypi_name}.egg-info
 %endif
 
 # generate html docs
-%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%if 0%{?with_python3} && %{without bootstrap}
 sphinx-build-3 docs html
 %else
 sphinx-build docs html