diff --git a/aubio.spec b/aubio.spec
index 8654ff3..7a424ec 100644
--- a/aubio.spec
+++ b/aubio.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  txt2man
+%if ! 0%{?fedora}%{?rhel} || 0%{?fedora} >= 29 || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
+# This is needed for waf
+BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/python
+%endif
+
 
 %description
 aubio is a library for audio labelling. Its features include
@@ -149,6 +154,9 @@ popd
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{name}*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 24 2018 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de>
+- BR: /usr/bin/python on Fedora 29 and later
+
 * Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.2-10
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild