diff --git a/nagios-plugins-lcgdm.spec b/nagios-plugins-lcgdm.spec
index 71c9196..f0f1219 100644
--- a/nagios-plugins-lcgdm.spec
+++ b/nagios-plugins-lcgdm.spec
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
 %define nagios_plugins_dir %{_libdir}/nagios/plugins
 %define pnp4nagios_templates_dir %{_datadir}/nagios/html/pnp4nagios/templates.lcgdm
 %define lpylib lfcmetrics
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-%define pylib %{python_sitelib}/%{lpylib}
+%define pylib %{python2_sitelib}/%{lpylib}
 
 Name:		nagios-plugins-lcgdm
 Version:	0.9.6
-Release:	8%{?dist}
+Release:	9%{?dist}
 Summary:	Nagios probes to be run remotely against DPM / LFC nodes
 Group:		Applications/Internet
 License:	ASL 2.0
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ Buildroot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:	cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 
 Requires:	nagios-plugins-lcgdm-common%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:	php%{?_isa}
@@ -56,8 +55,8 @@ Group:		Applications/System
 Requires:	nagios-common%{?_isa}
 Requires:	nagios-plugins%{?_isa}
 Requires:	nrpe%{?_isa}
-Requires:	python%{?_isa}
-Requires:	python-dateutil
+Requires:	python2%{?_isa}
+Requires:	python2-dateutil
 
 %description -n nagios-plugins-lcgdm-common
 LCGDM includes both the Disk Pool Manager (DPM) and LCG File Catalog (LFC)
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ analysis, host certificate checks, etc.
 Summary:	Nagios probes to be run in the DPM head node
 Group:		Applications/System
 Requires:	nagios-plugins-lcgdm-common%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:	python-ldap%{?_isa}
+Requires:	python2-ldap%{?_isa}
 
 %description -n nagios-plugins-dpm-head
 This package provides the LCGDM nagios probes to be run in the DPM head nodes.
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ analysis, host certificate checks, etc.
 Summary:	Nagios probes to be run in the LFC node
 Group:		Applications/System
 Requires:	nagios-plugins-lcgdm-common%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+# no python2-lfc yet
 Requires:	lfc-python
 
 %description -n nagios-plugins-lfc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 # SAM-3278
 install --directory %{buildroot}%{pylib}
 install --mode 644 plugins/%{lpylib}/*.py %{buildroot}%{pylib}
-%{__python} plugins/setup.py install_lib -O1 --skip-build --build-dir=%{lpylib} --install-dir=%{buildroot}%{pylib}
+%{__python2} plugins/setup.py install_lib -O1 --skip-build --build-dir=%{lpylib} --install-dir=%{buildroot}%{pylib}
 
 %files
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/nagios/generic-service.cfg
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ install --mode 644 plugins/%{lpylib}/*.py %{buildroot}%{pylib}
 %{pylib}/*.py*
  
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 20 2018 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 0.9.6-9
+- Be explicit about the python used
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.6-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild