diff --git a/botan2.spec b/botan2.spec
index 0ed0328..02da69e 100644
--- a/botan2.spec
+++ b/botan2.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           botan2
 Version:        2.11.0
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Crypto and TLS for C++11
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -80,14 +80,15 @@ export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:-%{optflags}}"
         --with-python-version=%{python3_version} \
         --with-sphinx \
         --with-rst2man \
-        --distribution-info=$(cat /etc/os-release | grep ^NAME= | sed 's/NAME=//g') \
+        --distribution-info="$(source /etc/os-release ; echo "$NAME")" \
         --disable-static-library \
         --with-debug-info
 
-%make_build
+# work around https://github.com/randombit/botan/issues/2130
+%make_build PYTHON_EXE=%{__python3}
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+make install PYTHON_EXE=%{__python3} DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 
 sed -e '1{/^#!/d}' -i %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/botan2.py
 
@@ -132,6 +133,9 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}%{_libdir} ./botan-test
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Oct  5 2019 Thomas Moschny <thomas.moschny@gmx.de> - 2.11.0-5
+- Allow building on CentOS8 fixing a quoting and a Python path issue.
+
 * Thu Oct 03 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.11.0-4
 - Rebuilt for Python 3.8.0rc1 (#1748018)