diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index 0f2214b91e44d179542bf68f36296ca6c3a79a2b..4202e6374d3484dcf262bb53d02a7de8854fe236 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: qemu
 Version: 4.0.1
-Release: 7
+Release: 8
 Epoch: 2
 Summary: QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
 License: GPLv2 and BSD and MIT and CC-BY
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires: libudev-devel
 BuildRequires: pam-devel
 BuildRequires: perl-Test-Harness
+BuildRequires: python
 BuildRequires: python3-devel
 %ifarch aarch64
 BuildRequires: libfdt-devel
@@ -166,7 +167,6 @@ buildldflags="VL_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--build-id"
     --interp-prefix=%{_prefix}/qemu-%%M \
     --firmwarepath=%{_datadir}/%{name}    \
     --with-pkgversion=%{name}-%{version}-%{release} \
-    --python=/usr/bin/python3 \
     --disable-strip \
     --disable-werror  \
     --disable-slirp  \
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ getent passwd qemu >/dev/null || \
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 26 2020 Ling Yang <lingyang2@huawei.com> - 4.0.1-8
+- Fixed build error
+
 * Thu Feb  6 2020 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. <zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.com>
 - spec: remove fno-inline option for configure