diff --git a/kdebindings.spec b/kdebindings.spec
index 7278b84..1afaff1 100644
--- a/kdebindings.spec
+++ b/kdebindings.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 %define devel 1
 %define pykde4_akonadi 1
-%define pyqt4_version 4.7
+%define pyqt4_version_min 4.7
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 %define falcon 0
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ BuildRequires:  kdepimlibs-devel >= %{version}
 # kdebindings does not support polkit-qt-1 yet
 #BuildRequires:  polkit-qt-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  PyQt4-devel >= %{pyqt4_version}, sip-devel
+BuildRequires:  PyQt4-devel >= %{pyqt4_version_min}, sip-devel
 BuildRequires:  qimageblitz-devel
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires:  qscintilla-devel >= 2.4
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ KDE bindings to non-C++ languages
 Group:    Development/Languages
 Summary:  Python bindings for KDE4
 Requires: kdelibs4 >= %{version}
-# FIXME/TODO: extract pyqt4_version_str from pyqtconfig.py -- Rex
+%global pyqt4_version %(python -c 'import sys, PyQt4.pyqtconfig; sys.stdout.write("%s\n" % (PyQt4.pyqtconfig._pkg_config["pyqt_version_str"]))')
 Requires: PyQt4 >= %{pyqt4_version}
 %{?_sip_api:Requires: sip-api(%{_sip_api_major}) >= %{_sip_api}}
 %if ! 0%{?pykde4_akonadi}