diff --git a/rpkg.spec b/rpkg.spec
index d4cc6be..d00de04 100644
--- a/rpkg.spec
+++ b/rpkg.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # sitelib for noarch packages, sitearch for others (remove the unneeded one)
+%{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
 
 Name:           rpkg
 Version:        1.52
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 
 Summary:        Python library for interacting with rpm+git
 License:        GPLv2+ and LGPLv2
@@ -11,28 +12,45 @@ Source0:        https://pagure.io/releases/rpkg/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+# Enable python3 build by default
+%global with_python3 1
+%else
+%global with_python3 0
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?rhel} > 7
+# Disable python2 build by default
+%global with_python2 0
+%else
+%global with_python2 1
+%endif
+
 %description
 Python library for interacting with rpm+git
 
 
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 %package -n python2-%{name}
-Summary:        Python library for interacting with rpm+git
+Summary:        %{summary}
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-%{name}}
 
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 
 # We br these things for man page generation due to imports
-BuildRequires:  GitPython
 BuildRequires:  python2-koji
 BuildRequires:  python2-cccolutils
 BuildRequires:  python2-openidc-client
 BuildRequires:  python2-mock
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
+BuildRequires:  GitPython
 BuildRequires:  python-pycurl
 BuildRequires:  python-rpmfluff
 BuildRequires:  python-six >= 1.9.0
 BuildRequires:  python-requests
 %else
+BuildRequires:  python2-GitPython
 BuildRequires:  python2-pycurl
 BuildRequires:  python2-rpmfluff
 BuildRequires:  python2-six >= 1.9.0
@@ -56,16 +74,17 @@ Requires:       redhat-rpm-config
 Requires:       rpm-build
 Requires:       rpmlint
 
-Requires:       GitPython >= 0.2.0
 Requires:       python2-cccolutils
 Requires:       python2-koji
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
+Requires:       GitPython >= 0.2.0
 Requires:       rpm-python
 Requires:       python-pycurl
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.9.0
 Requires:       python-requests
 %else
+Requires:       python2-GitPython
 Requires:       python2-rpm
 Requires:       python2-pycurl
 Requires:       python2-six >= 1.9.0
@@ -75,6 +94,7 @@ Requires:       python2-six >= 1.9.0
 Requires:  python-argparse
 %endif
 
+Requires:       %{name}-common = %{version}-%{release}
 
 Conflicts:      fedpkg < 1.26
 
@@ -86,6 +106,62 @@ Obsoletes: pyrpkg < 1.49-2
 
 %description -n python2-%{name}
 A python library for managing RPM package sources in a git repository.
+%endif # with python2
+
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%package -n python3-%{name}
+Summary:        %{summary}
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{name}}
+
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-GitPython
+BuildRequires:  python3-koji
+BuildRequires:  python3-cccolutils
+BuildRequires:  python3-openidc-client
+BuildRequires:  python3-mock
+BuildRequires:  python3-pycurl
+BuildRequires:  python3-rpmfluff
+BuildRequires:  python3-six >= 1.9.0
+BuildRequires:  python3-requests
+BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python3-nose
+
+BuildRequires:  rpmlint
+
+# see https://pagure.io/rpkg/pull-request/294 and remove this afterwards
+BuildRequires:  %{_bindir}/python
+
+Requires:       mock
+Requires:       redhat-rpm-config
+Requires:       rpm-build
+Requires:       rpmlint
+
+Requires:       python3-GitPython >= 0.2.0
+Requires:       python3-cccolutils
+Requires:       python3-koji
+Requires:       python3-rpm
+Requires:       python3-pycurl
+Requires:       python3-six >= 1.9.0
+
+Requires:       %{name}-common = %{version}-%{release}
+
+Conflicts:      fedpkg < 1.26
+
+%description -n python3-%{name}
+A python library for managing RPM package sources in a git repository.
+%endif # with python3
+
+
+%package common
+Summary:        Common files for %{name}
+
+# Files were moved from python2-rpkg in that version
+Conflicts:      python2-rpkg < 1.52-2
+Conflicts:      pyrpkg < 1.52-2
+
+%description common
+Common files for python2-%{name} and python3-%{name}.
 
 
 %prep
@@ -93,12 +169,26 @@ A python library for managing RPM package sources in a git repository.
 
 
 %build
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 %{__python} setup.py build
 %{__python} doc/rpkg_man_page.py > rpkg.1
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%py3_build
+%{__python3} doc/rpkg_man_page.py > rpkg.1
+%endif
 
 
 %install
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 %{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%py3_install
+%endif
+
 
 # Create configuration directory to holding downstream clients config files
 # that are built on top of rpkg
@@ -121,20 +211,42 @@ example_cli_dir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}/examples/cli
 
 
 %check
+# cannot use python2 -m nose on EPEL 6 (Python 2.6)
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 nosetests tests
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%{__python3} -m nose tests
+%endif
 
 
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 %files -n python2-%{name}
 %doc README.rst CHANGELOG.rst
 %license COPYING COPYING-koji LGPL
 # For noarch packages: sitelib
 %{python2_sitelib}/pyrpkg
 %{python2_sitelib}/%{name}-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%endif # with python2
+
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+%files -n python3-%{name}
+%doc README.rst CHANGELOG.rst
+%license COPYING COPYING-koji LGPL
+%{python3_sitelib}/pyrpkg
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{name}-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%endif # with python3
+
+%files common
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
 %{_sysconfdir}/rpkg
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 05 2018 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.52-2
+- Introduce python3 subpackage
+
 * Thu Feb 22 2018 Chenxiong Qi <cqi@redhat.com> - 1.52-1
 - Mock ThreadPool in test_module_overview (cqi)
 - Drop rpmfluff in test (cqi)