diff --git a/python-messaging.spec b/python-messaging.spec
index 1b0f9781f8..7f98e181bc 100644
--- a/python-messaging.spec
+++ b/python-messaging.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Name:		python-messaging
 Version:	1.1
-Release:	6%{?dist}
+Release:	7%{?dist}
 Summary:	Python abstraction of a "message"
 Group:		Development/Libraries
 License:	ASL 2.0
@@ -21,23 +21,32 @@ BuildRequires:	python2-devel
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 BuildRequires:	python3-devel
 %endif # if with_python3
-Provides:	python2-messaging
 # For python < 2.6 python-simplejson is required
 %if 0%{?fedora} < 11 || 0%{?rhel} <= 6
 BuildRequires:	python-simplejson
-Requires:	python-simplejson
 %endif
 
-%description
-This module provides an abstraction of a "message", as used in Enterprise
-Messaging Systems.
+%global _description\
+This module provides an abstraction of a "message", as used in Enterprise\
+Messaging Systems.\
+\
+The modules include a transport independent message abstraction, a\
+versatile message generator and several message queues/spools to\
+locally store messages.\
+\
+The python module messaging is compatible with the Perl\
+module Messaging::Message.
 
-The modules include a transport independent message abstraction, a
-versatile message generator and several message queues/spools to
-locally store messages.
+%description %_description
 
-The python module messaging is compatible with the Perl
-module Messaging::Message.
+%package -n python2-messaging
+Summary: %summary
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 11 || 0%{?rhel} <= 6
+Requires:	python-simplejson
+%endif
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-messaging}
+
+%description -n python2-messaging %_description
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %package -n python3-messaging
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ popd
 %clean
 rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-%files
+%files -n python2-messaging
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc LICENSE README.rst CHANGES example test
 %{python_sitelib}/%{srcname}/
@@ -110,6 +119,10 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec 17 2017 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.1-7
+- Python 2 binary package renamed to python2-messaging
+  See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FinalizingFedoraSwitchtoPython3
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild