diff --git a/bind.spec b/bind.spec
index 8a18365..9f3eb74 100644
--- a/bind.spec
+++ b/bind.spec
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ Provides:       dnssec-conf = 1.27-1
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel, libtool, autoconf, pkgconfig, libcap-devel
 BuildRequires:  libidn-devel, libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd
+# needed for %%{__python3} macro
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 %if %{SDB}
 BuildRequires:  openldap-devel, postgresql-devel, sqlite-devel, mysql-devel
 BuildRequires:  libdb-devel