diff --git a/python-py.spec b/python-py.spec
index 03d3906..876fbbe 100644
--- a/python-py.spec
+++ b/python-py.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+%global _without_docs 1
+%global _without_tests 1
 # we have a circular (build) dependency with the (new) pytest package
 # when generating the docs or running the testsuite
 %bcond_without docs
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
 Version:        1.8.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library with cross-python path, ini-parsing, io, code, log facilities
 License:        MIT and Public Domain
 #               main package: MIT, except: doc/style.css: Public Domain
@@ -177,6 +179,9 @@ py.test-%{python3_version} -r s -k"-TestWCSvnCommandPath" testing
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 14 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.8.0-3
+- Bootstrap for Python 3.8
+
 * Fri Jul 26 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild