diff --git a/libsemanage.spec b/libsemanage.spec
index c9e09e2..a021269 100644
--- a/libsemanage.spec
+++ b/libsemanage.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ Requires: libsemanage = %{version}-%{release} ustr
 The semanage-devel package contains the static libraries and header files
 needed for developing applications that manipulate binary policies. 
 
+%package python
+Summary: semanage python bindings for libsemanage
+Group: Development/Libraries
+Requires: libsemanage = %{version}-%{release} 
+
+%description python
+The libsemanage-python package contains the python bindings for developing 
+SELinux management applications. 
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch -p1 -b .rhat
@@ -63,7 +72,6 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %config(noreplace) /etc/selinux/semanage.conf
 /%{_lib}/libsemanage.so.1
-%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/*
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -77,6 +85,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_includedir}/semanage/*.h
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
+%files python
+%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/*
+
 %changelog
 * Tue Aug 5 2008 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> - 2.0.27-2
 - Don't rebuild on fcontext or seuser modifications