diff --git a/sevmgr.spec b/sevmgr.spec
index d80182c..ad9d385 100644
--- a/sevmgr.spec
+++ b/sevmgr.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Summary:        Header files, libraries and development helper tools for %{name}
 Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       pkgconfig
 
+# The cmake files have Python version backed in them
+Requires:       (python(abi) = %{python3_version} if python3-devel)
+
 %description    devel
 This package contains the header files, shared libraries and
 development helper tools for %{name}. If you would like to develop