diff --git a/rrdtool.spec b/rrdtool.spec
index 6beb024..fc47c17 100644
--- a/rrdtool.spec
+++ b/rrdtool.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data
 Name: rrdtool
 Version: 1.2.19
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/Databases
 URL: http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/%{name}/
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ Provides: perl-%{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 The Perl RRDtool bindings
 
 %if %{with_python}
+%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(1)')}
+# eval to 2.3 if python isn't yet present, workaround for no python in fc4 minimal buildroot
+%{!?python_version: %define python_version %(%{__python} -c 'import sys; print sys.version.split(" ")[0]' || echo "2.3")}
+
 %package python
 Summary: Python RRDtool bindings
 Group: Development/Languages
@@ -67,9 +71,6 @@ Requires: python >= %{python_version}
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: python-%{name} < %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: python-%{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(1)')}
-# eval to 2.3 if python isn't yet present, workaround for no python in fc4 minimal buildroot
-%{!?python_version: %define python_version %(%{__python} -c 'import sys; print sys.version.split(" ")[0]' || echo "2.3")}
 
 %description python
 Python RRDtool bindings.
@@ -271,6 +272,9 @@ find examples/ -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 25 2007 Jarod Wilson <jwilson@redhat.com> 1.2.19-2
+- Define %%python_version *before* its needed (#237826)
+
 * Mon Apr 09 2007 Jarod Wilson <jwilson@redhat.com> 1.2.19-1
 - New upstream release