diff --git a/scripts/brp-python-bytecompile b/scripts/brp-python-bytecompile

index 894fa34..c06bdfa 100644

--- a/scripts/brp-python-bytecompile

+++ b/scripts/brp-python-bytecompile

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@

 #!/bin/bash

 errors_terminate=$2

+extra=$3

 # If using normal root, avoid changing anything.

 if [ -z "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -o "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" = "/" ]; then

@@ -79,14 +80,22 @@ do

 done

-# Handle other locations in the filesystem using the default python

-# implementation - if we  have a default python interpreter

+# Handle other locations in the filesystem using the default python implementation

+# if extra is set to 0, don't do this

+if [ 0$extra -eq 0 ]; then

+	exit 0

+fi

+# If we don't have a default python interpreter, we cannot proceed

 default_python=${1:-/usr/bin/python}

 if [ ! -x "$default_python" ]; then

 	exit 0

 fi

+# Figure out if there are files to be bytecompiled with the default_python at all

+# this prevents unnecessary default_python invocation

+find "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -type f -name "*.py" | grep -Ev "/bin/|/sbin/|/usr/lib(64)?/python[0-9]\.[0-9]|/usr/share/doc" || exit 0

+

 # Generate normal (.pyc) byte-compiled files.

 python_bytecompile "" $default_python "/bin/|/sbin/|/usr/lib(64)?/python[0-9]\.[0-9]|/usr/share/doc" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" "$depth" "/"

 if [ $? -ne 0 -a 0$errors_terminate -ne 0 ]; then