diff --git a/macros.python2 b/macros.python2
index 4b1390c..38c6eb9 100644
--- a/macros.python2
+++ b/macros.python2
@@ -7,19 +7,24 @@
 
 # Use the slashes after expand so that the command starts on the same line as
 # the macro
+# The `sleep 1` commands work around a race in install; see:
+#   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1644923
 %py2_build() %{expand:\\\
+  sleep 1
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-${RPM_LD_FLAGS}}"\\\
   %{__python2} %{py_setup} %{?py_setup_args} build --executable="%{__python2} %{py2_shbang_opts}" %{?*}
   sleep 1
 }
 
 %py2_build_egg() %{expand:\\\
+  sleep 1
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-${RPM_LD_FLAGS}}"\\\
   %{__python2} %{py_setup} %{?py_setup_args} bdist_egg %{?*}
   sleep 1
 }
 
 %py2_build_wheel() %{expand:\\\
+  sleep 1
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-${RPM_LD_FLAGS}}"\\\
   %{__python2} %{py_setup} %{?py_setup_args} bdist_wheel %{?*}
   sleep 1
diff --git a/macros.python3 b/macros.python3
index 44e2889..1952aed 100644
--- a/macros.python3
+++ b/macros.python3
@@ -12,19 +12,16 @@
 %py3_build() %{expand:\\\
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-${RPM_LD_FLAGS}}"\\\
   %{__python3} %{py_setup} %{?py_setup_args} build --executable="%{__python3} %{py3_shbang_opts}" %{?*}
-  sleep 1
 }
 
 %py3_build_egg() %{expand:\\\
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-${RPM_LD_FLAGS}}"\\\
   %{__python3} %{py_setup} %{?py_setup_args} bdist_egg %{?*}
-  sleep 1
 }
 
 %py3_build_wheel() %{expand:\\\
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-${RPM_LD_FLAGS}}"\\\
   %{__python3} %{py_setup} %{?py_setup_args} bdist_wheel %{?*}
-  sleep 1
 }
 
 %py3_install() %{expand:\\\
diff --git a/python-rpm-macros.spec b/python-rpm-macros.spec
index 649cd30..1d26b45 100644
--- a/python-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/python-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           python-rpm-macros
 Version:        3
-Release:        38%{?dist}
+Release:        39%{?dist}
 Summary:        The unversioned Python RPM macros
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE0} %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE3} %{SOURCE4} \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 01 2018 Petr Viktorin <pviktori@redhat.com> - 3-39
+- Move "sleep 1" workaround from py3_build to py2_build (#1644923)
+
 * Thu Sep 20 2018 Tomas Orsava <torsava@redhat.com> - 3-38
 - Move the __python2/3 macros to the python-srpm-macros subpackage
 - This facilitates using the %%{__python2/3} in Build/Requires