diff --git xrootd/xrootd.spec xrootd/xrootd.spec.tmp
index 8af77fded1..4e98ad47f2 100644
--- xrootd/xrootd.spec
+++ xrootd/xrootd.spec.tmp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Name:		xrootd
 Epoch:		1
 Version:	4.6.1
-Release:	5%{?dist}
+Release:	6%{?dist}
 Summary:	Extended ROOT file server
 
 License:	LGPLv3+
@@ -204,12 +204,16 @@ Requires:	%{name}-server%{?_isa} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 This package contains a ceph back-end plug-in for xrootd.
 %endif
 
-%package python
+%package -n python2-xrootd
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-xrootd}
+# Remove before F30
+Provides: %{name}-python%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes: %{name}-python < %{version}-%{release}
 Summary:	Python bindings for xrootd
 Requires:	%{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Requires:	%{name}-client-libs%{?_isa} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 
-%description python
+%description -n python2-xrootd
 This package contains Python bindings for xrootd.
 
 %package doc
@@ -591,13 +595,17 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/libXrdCephPosix.so.*
 %endif
 
-%files python
+%files -n python2-xrootd
 %{python_sitearch}/*
 
 %files doc
 %doc %{_pkgdocdir}
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Aug 12 2017 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1:4.6.1-6
+- Python 2 binary package renamed to python2-xrootd
+  See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FinalizingFedoraSwitchtoPython3
+
 * Sat Aug 05 2017 Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert@physics.uu.se> - 1:4.6.1-5
 - Adapt to ceph version 12