diff --git a/macros.pybytecompile b/macros.pybytecompile
index f36cdbf..38ac84a 100644
--- a/macros.pybytecompile
+++ b/macros.pybytecompile
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ py3_byte_compile () {\
     PYTHONPATH="%{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat" $python_binary -s -B -m compileall2 -o 0 -o 1 -s $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -p / $bytecode_compilation_path \
 }\
 \
+# Path to intepreter should not contain any arguments \
+[[ "%1" =~ " -" ]] && echo "ERROR py_byte_compile: Path to interpreter should not contain any arguments" >&2 && exit 1 \
 # Get version without a dot (36 instead of 3.6), bash doesn't compare floats well \
 python_version=$(%1 -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write('{0.major}{0.minor}'.format(sys.version_info))") \
 # compileall2 Python module is not compatible with Python < 3.4 \