diff --git a/OpenIPMI.spec b/OpenIPMI.spec
index 3932c72..a670f27 100644
--- a/OpenIPMI.spec
+++ b/OpenIPMI.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 %define ipmitoolver 1.8.8
+%define pythonver %(%{__python} -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]")
 Summary: OpenIPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools
 Name: OpenIPMI
 Version: 2.0.6
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ pushd ipmitool-%{ipmitoolver}
 popd
 
 %build
-%configure
+%configure --with-pythoninstall=%{_libdir}/python%{pythonver}/site-packages
 make
 pushd ipmitool-%{ipmitoolver}
 %configure
@@ -77,6 +78,10 @@ popd
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.la
+# Remove python cruft in 32bit libdir on 64bit archs...
+%ifarch ppc64 s390x x86_64
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib
+%endif
 pushd ipmitool-%{ipmitoolver}
 %makeinstall
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/doc/
@@ -165,6 +170,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 - Split off perl and python bindings in separate subpackages
 - Dropped obsolete patches
 - Added missing buildprereq on readline-devel
+- Made it install the python bindings properly on 64bit archs
 
 * Mon May 15 2006 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>
 - Updated ipmitool to 1.8.8