diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 8e9836ebbd..bc8257f34b 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
 %else
 BuildRequires: perl
 %endif
-BuildRequires: python
+BuildRequires: python2
 %if %{with_systemd}
 BuildRequires: systemd-units
 %endif
diff --git a/mingw-libvirt.spec.in b/mingw-libvirt.spec.in
index dc18d055ba..5e12bb1cae 100644
--- a/mingw-libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/mingw-libvirt.spec.in
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 # Need native version for msgfmt
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python2
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 27
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 %else