diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67e5f11..e5868f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@
 /libpod-9924956.tar.gz
 /libpod-d0fbfdc.tar.gz
 /libpod-4631586.tar.gz
+/libpod-dc3f9df.tar.gz
diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 8ca2132..47cf067 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@
 # Generate unit-test rpm
 %global with_unit_test 0
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 28
+%bcond_without varlink
+%else
+%bcond_with varlink
+%endif
+
 %if 0%{?with_debug}
+%global _find_debuginfo_dwz_opts %{nil}
 %global _dwz_low_mem_die_limit 0
 %else
 %global debug_package   %{nil}
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@
 %global provider_prefix %{provider}.%{provider_tld}/%{project}/%{repo}
 %global import_path     %{provider_prefix}
 %global git_podman      https://%{provider}.%{provider_tld}/%{project}/%{repo}
-%global commit          4631586aa3928804c164fce027b6589477f97fa0
+%global commit          dc3f9df0b35d47f48dd652687b8a5cf5ab01f778
 %global shortcommit     %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 %global import_path_conmon      github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@
 %global shortcommit_conmon %(c=%{commit_conmon}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name:           podman
-Version:        0.5.2
+Version:        0.5.3
 Release:        1.git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 License:        ASL 2.0
@@ -191,6 +198,20 @@ Provides: bundled(golang(gopkg.in/yaml.v2)) = v2
 libpod provides a library for applications looking to use
 the Container Pod concept popularized by Kubernetes.
 
+%if %{with varlink}
+%package -n python3-%{name}
+BuildArch: noarch
+BuildRequires: python3-devel
+BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires: python3-varlink
+Requires: python3-varlink
+Provides: python3-%{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Summary: Python 3 bindings for %{name}
+
+%description -n python3-%{name}
+This package contains Python 3 bindings for %{name}.
+%endif # varlink
+
 %if 0%{?with_devel}
 %package -n libpod-devel
 Summary:       Library for applications looking to use Container Pods
@@ -352,8 +373,7 @@ providing packages with %{import_path} prefix.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -Sgit -n %{repo}-%{commit}
-sed -i '/\/bin\/bash/d' completions/bash/%{name}
-mv pkg/hooks/README.md pkg/hooks/README-hooks.md
+sed -i '/\/bin\/env/d' completions/bash/%{name}
 
 # untar cri-o
 tar zxf %{SOURCE1}
@@ -369,7 +389,14 @@ export GOPATH=$(pwd)/_build:$(pwd):$(pwd):%{gopath}
 export BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp $(hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh) $(hack/btrfs_tag.sh) $(hack/libdm_tag.sh) containers_image_ostree_stub"
 
 GOPATH=$GOPATH BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS %gobuild -o bin/%{name} %{import_path}/cmd/%{name}
-BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS make docs
+BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS make binaries docs
+
+%if %{with varlink}
+#untar contents for python-podman
+pushd contrib/python/dist
+tar zxf %{name}*.tar.gz
+popd
+%endif # varlink
 
 # build conmon
 pushd cri-o-%{commit_conmon}
@@ -390,6 +417,13 @@ popd
 install -dp %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 %make_install PREFIX=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} install install.completions
 
+%if %{with varlink}
+#install python-podman
+pushd contrib/python
+%{__python3} setup.py install --root %{buildroot}
+popd
+%endif # varlink
+
 # install libpod.conf
 install -dp %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/containers
 install -p -m 644 %{repo}.conf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/containers
@@ -467,7 +501,7 @@ export GOPATH=%{buildroot}/%{gopath}:$(pwd)/vendor:%{gopath}
 
 %files
 %license LICENSE
-%doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md pkg/hooks/README-hooks.md install.md code-of-conduct.md transfer.md
+%doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md install.md code-of-conduct.md transfer.md
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*.1*
 %{_mandir}/man5/*.5*
@@ -478,20 +512,31 @@ export GOPATH=%{buildroot}/%{gopath}:$(pwd)/vendor:%{gopath}
 %{_unitdir}/io.%{project}.%{name}.service
 %{_unitdir}/io.%{project}.%{name}.socket
 
+%if %{with varlink}
+%files -n python3-%{name}
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md install.md code-of-conduct.md transfer.md
+%dir %{python3_sitelib}
+%{python3_sitelib}/*
+%endif # varlink
+
 %if 0%{?with_devel}
 %files -n libpod-devel -f devel.file-list
 %license LICENSE
-%doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md pkg/hooks/README-hooks.md install.md code-of-conduct.md transfer.md
+%doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md install.md code-of-conduct.md transfer.md
 %dir %{gopath}/src/%{provider}.%{provider_tld}/%{project}
 %endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_unit_test} && 0%{?with_devel}
 %files unit-test-devel -f unit-test-devel.file-list
 %license LICENSE
-%doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md pkg/hooks/README-hooks.md install.md code-of-conduct.md transfer.md
+%doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md install.md code-of-conduct.md transfer.md
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 18 2018 baude <bbaude@redhat.com> - 0.5.3-1.gitdc3f9df
+- Upstream release 0.5.3
+
 * Fri May 11 2018 baude <bbaude@redhat.com> - 0.5.2-1.git4631586
 - Upstream release 0.5.2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1809d7e..d87d5ab 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 SHA512 (cri-o-c24e0d9.tar.gz) = 9f410e76920c3acd449665e437013b390cfb1e05af7da72716580f3dfb49c41a1610e0a97278d20901168b9ef65b5248b5f4ebcb46e44c5dc84781f9ba23c984
-SHA512 (libpod-4631586.tar.gz) = 4ae2ebf89b6d5333145c4be8da6a4babfef3095b335b5cc788665f14b8ade07c0f14210b2656eb3c9e4c144e10b2ea3be786d679f938a6a64cdd6da9cbb42d0c
+SHA512 (libpod-dc3f9df.tar.gz) = 57c8a8ed0f840670bf33809e610904be30eab1b21eabad094e241ba97d40efb5c2e13aa67001fbad131517454375fb7bc2aa0a0a2e26a25a7bbb179f77c47b3d