diff --git a/terminator.spec b/terminator.spec
index 2bb42ea..f560493 100644
--- a/terminator.spec
+++ b/terminator.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           terminator
 Version:        1.91
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Store and run multiple GNOME terminals in one window
 
 Group:          User Interface/Desktops
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ sed -i '/#! \?\/usr.*/d' terminatorlib/*.py
 
 
 %build
-%{__python} setup.py build
+%{__python2} setup.py build
 
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
-%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
+%{__python2} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
 %find_lang %{name}
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache -qf %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jul 21 2018 Dominic Hopf <dmaphy@fedoraproject.org> - 1.91-7
+- RHBZ#1606509: Fix FTBFS issue, explicitly use python2
+
 * Sat Jul 14 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.91-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild