diff --git a/WALinuxAgent.spec b/WALinuxAgent.spec
index 337c368..334f943 100644
--- a/WALinuxAgent.spec
+++ b/WALinuxAgent.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python3-distro
 Requires:       ntfsprogs
 Requires:       openssh
 Requires:       openssh-server
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/waagent.logrotate %{buildroot}%{_sysco
 %changelog
 * Mon Jun 03 2019 Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2.2.40-1
 - Update to 2.2.40
+- Fix FTBFS in the preparation for Python3.8 (#1705219)
 
 * Thu Mar 14 2019 Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2.2.38-1
 - Update to 2.2.38 (CVE-2019-0804)