diff --git a/gnome-bluetooth.spec b/gnome-bluetooth.spec
index 0ff0cee..6a37ff0 100644
--- a/gnome-bluetooth.spec
+++ b/gnome-bluetooth.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: GNOME Bluetooth Subsystem
 Name: gnome-bluetooth
 Version: 0.5.1
-Release: 7
+Release: 8
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://usefulinc.com/software/gnome-bluetooth
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ BuildRequires: gob2 openobex-devel >= 0:1.0.1 perl
 BuildRequires: pygtk2-devel
 Requires: %{name}-libs = 0:%{version}-%{release}
 ExcludeArch: s390 s390x
+%define pyver %(%{__python} -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]")
+Requires: python-abi = %{pyver}
 
 %description
 This package contains a Bonobo server to control Bluetooth devices,
@@ -104,6 +106,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 07 2004 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> - 0.5.1-8
+- added requires for python-abi
+
 * Tue Dec 07 2004 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> - 0.5.1-7
 - split package into app, libs and devel