diff --git a/vim-syntastic.spec b/vim-syntastic.spec
index e37562e..b54716c 100644
--- a/vim-syntastic.spec
+++ b/vim-syntastic.spec
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 %global         upstream_name   syntastic
 
 %global         appdata_dir %{_datadir}/appdata
+%global         python python2
 
 Name:           vim-%{upstream_name}
 Version:        3.8.0
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        A vim plugins to check syntax for programming languages
 Summary(fr):    Une extension de vim vérifiant la syntaxe pour les langages de programmation
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ Permet de vérifier les fichiers sources écrit en %{-n*}.                      
 %add_subpackage -n html sed curl tidy
 %add_subpackage -n java java-devel
 %add_subpackage -n javascript jsl
-%add_subpackage -n json python-demjson
+%add_subpackage -n json %{python}-demjson
 %add_subpackage -n less nodejs
 %add_subpackage -n lex flex
 #https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/312
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ Permet de vérifier les fichiers sources écrit en %{-n*}.                      
 %add_subpackage -n python pylint pyflakes
 %add_subpackage -n qml /usr/bin/qmllint
 %add_subpackage -n rnc rnv
-%add_subpackage -n rst python-docutils
+%add_subpackage -n rst %{python}-docutils
 %add_subpackage -n ruby ruby
 %add_subpackage -n sass rubygem-sass
 %add_subpackage -n scala scala
@@ -278,6 +279,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 13 2017 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 3.8.0-6
+- use python2 prefix for dependencies according to python package guidelines
+
 * Wed Jun 28 2017 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 3.8.0-5
 - drop two subpackages which are not installable on aarch64/ppc64le due to
   missing dependencies, till we have fixed rel-eng scripts or we ratify