diff --git a/libxml.spec.in b/libxml.spec.in
index 9029a180..d5f5ccbb 100644
--- a/libxml.spec.in
+++ b/libxml.spec.in
@@ -57,12 +57,15 @@ Requires: libxml2 = %{version}-%{release}
 Static library for libxml2 provided for specific uses or shaving a few
 microseconds when parsing, do not link to them for generic purpose packages.
 
-%package python
+%package -n python-%{name}
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python-%{name}}
 Summary: Python bindings for the libxml2 library
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: libxml2 = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes: %{name}-python < %{version}-%{release}
+Provides: %{name}-python = %{version}-%{release}
 
-%description python
+%description -n python-%{name}
 The libxml2-python package contains a Python 2 module that permits applications
 written in the Python programming language, version 2, to use the interface
 supplied by the libxml2 library to manipulate XML files.
@@ -73,12 +76,14 @@ this includes parsing and validation even with complex DTDs, either
 at parse time or later once the document has been modified.
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
-%package python3
+%package -n python3-%{name}
 Summary: Python 3 bindings for the libxml2 library
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: libxml2 = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes: %{name}-python3 < %{version}-%{release}
+Provides: %{name}-python3 = %{version}-%{release}
 
-%description python3
+%description -n python3-%{name}
 The libxml2-python3 package contains a Python 3 module that permits
 applications written in the Python programming language, version 3, to use the
 interface supplied by the libxml2 library to manipulate XML files.
@@ -92,10 +97,16 @@ at parse time or later once the document has been modified.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+mkdir py3doc
+cp doc/*.py py3doc
+sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/python |#!%{__python3} |' py3doc/*.py
+
 %build
 %configure
 make %{_smp_mflags}
 
+find doc -type f -exec chmod 0644 \{\} \;
+
 %install
 rm -fr %{buildroot}
 
@@ -165,7 +176,7 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 
 %{_libdir}/*a
 
-%files python
+%files -n python-%{name}
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 
 %{_libdir}/python2*/site-packages/libxml2.py*
@@ -178,18 +189,16 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 %doc doc/python.html
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
-%files python3
+%files -n python3-%{name}
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 
 %{_libdir}/python3*/site-packages/libxml2.py*
 %{_libdir}/python3*/site-packages/drv_libxml2.py*
-%{_libdir}/python3*/site-packages/__pycache__/libxml2.cpython-34.py*
-%{_libdir}/python3*/site-packages/__pycache__/drv_libxml2.cpython-34.py*
+%{_libdir}/python3*/site-packages/__pycache__/*py*
 %{_libdir}/python3*/site-packages/libxml2mod*
 %doc python/TODO
 %doc python/libxml2class.txt
-%doc python/tests/*.py
-%doc doc/*.py
+%doc py3doc/*.py
 %doc doc/python.html
 %endif # with_python3