diff --git a/byobu.spec b/byobu.spec
index bd2d08f..fa898ff 100644
--- a/byobu.spec
+++ b/byobu.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name:		byobu
 Version:	5.127
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Summary:	Light-weight, configurable window manager built upon GNU screen
 
 License:	GPLv3
@@ -17,14 +17,9 @@ Source1:	fedoracommon
 # patch for "hard" date/time, https://bugs.launchpad.net/byobu/+bug/1284392
 Patch0:		byobu-5.73-tmux_date.patch
 BuildArch:	noarch
-%if 0%{?rhel}%{?fedora} > 5
-Requires:	python2 >= 2.5
-%else
-Requires:	python26
-%endif
 
-BuildRequires:	gettext, desktop-file-utils, automake
-Requires:	screen, newt, gettext, tmux, python2-newt, newt-python3
+BuildRequires:	gettext, desktop-file-utils, automake, python3
+Requires:	screen, newt, gettext, tmux, python3-newt
 
 %Description
 Byobu is a Japanese term for decorative, multi-panel screens that serve 
@@ -64,6 +59,7 @@ sed -i "s#/lib/#/libexec/#g" usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.am
 sed -i "s#/lib/#/libexec/#g" usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.in
 
 %build
+export BYOBU_PYTHON=%{__python3}
 %configure
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -121,6 +117,9 @@ cp -p usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.svg %{buildroot}%{_iconsscaldir}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 27 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 5.127-3
+- Switch to Python 3 (#1532565)
+
 * Thu Jan 31 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 5.127-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild