diff --git a/libsbml.spec b/libsbml.spec
index f560195..f6d49a9 100644
--- a/libsbml.spec
+++ b/libsbml.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 Name:           libsbml
 Version:        5.18.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Systems Biology Markup Language library
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://sbml.org/Software/libSBML
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ mkdir -p build && pushd build
        -DCSHARP_COMPILER:FILEPATH=%{_bindir}/mcs \
 %if %{with python}
        -DWITH_PYTHON:BOOL=ON \
-       -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=%{_includedir}/python%{python3_version}m \
-       -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=%{_libdir}/libpython%{python3_version}m.so \
+       -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=%{_includedir}/python%{python3_version}$(python3-config --abiflags) \
+       -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=%{_libdir}/libpython%{python3_version}$(python3-config --abiflags).so \
        -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=%{__python3} \
 %endif
 %if %{with perl}
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 03 2019 Antonio Trande <sagitterATfedoraproject.org> - 5.18.0-3
+- Use abiflags
+
 * Sat Jun 01 2019 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 5.18.0-2
 - Perl 5.30 rebuild