diff --git python-hgapi/python-hgapi.spec python-hgapi/python-hgapi.spec.tmp
index c16a796a7d..d403f3f6a8 100644
--- python-hgapi/python-hgapi.spec
+++ python-hgapi/python-hgapi.spec.tmp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           python-hgapi
 Version:        1.7.2
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python API to Mercurial using the command-line interface
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -13,16 +13,24 @@ Patch0:         %{name}-%{version}-test_suite.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel python-setuptools mercurial
-Requires:       mercurial
-
-%description
-hgapi is a pure-Python API to Mercurial, that uses the command-line interface
-instead of the internal Mercurial API. The rationale for this is twofold: the
-internal API is unstable, and it is GPL.
 
-hgapi works for all versions of Mercurial, and will instantly reflect any
+%global _description\
+hgapi is a pure-Python API to Mercurial, that uses the command-line interface\
+instead of the internal Mercurial API. The rationale for this is twofold: the\
+internal API is unstable, and it is GPL.\
+\
+hgapi works for all versions of Mercurial, and will instantly reflect any\
 changes to the repository (including hgrc).
 
+%description %_description
+
+%package -n python2-hgapi
+Summary: %summary
+Requires:       mercurial
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-hgapi}
+
+%description -n python2-hgapi %_description
+
 %package -n     python3-hgapi
 Summary:        Python 3 API to Mercurial using the command-line interface
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel python3-setuptools
@@ -77,7 +85,7 @@ popd
 %{__python2} setup.py test
 
 
-%files
+%files -n python2-hgapi
 %doc README.rst LICENSE
 %{python2_sitelib}/hgapi-%{version}-py%{python2_version}.egg-info
 %{python2_sitelib}/hgapi/
@@ -88,6 +96,10 @@ popd
 %{python3_sitelib}/hgapi/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 10 2017 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.7.2-9
+- Python 2 binary package renamed to python2-hgapi
+  See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FinalizingFedoraSwitchtoPython3
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.2-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild