diff --git a/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec b/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec
index c60d4bc..1f36a6b 100644
--- a/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec
+++ b/setroubleshoot-plugins.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 %{!?_pkgdocdir: %global _pkgdocdir %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}}
 
+# Disable automatic compilation of Python files in extra directories
+%global _python_bytecompile_extra 0
+
 Summary: Analysis plugins for use with setroubleshoot
 Name: setroubleshoot-plugins
 Version: 3.3.9
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@ make PYTHON=%{__python3}
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PYTHON=%{__python3} pkgdocdir=%{_pkgdocdir} install
 %find_lang %{name}
+# Manually invoke the python byte compile macro for each path that needs byte
+# compilation.
+%py_byte_compile %{__python3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/setroubleshoot/plugins
 
 %clean 
 rm -rf %{buildroot}