diff --git a/SPECS/dbus-python.spec b/SPECS/dbus-python.spec
index 0f6a2c5..b1cc39c 100644
--- a/SPECS/dbus-python.spec
+++ b/SPECS/dbus-python.spec
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 %bcond_without python2
 %endif
 
+%global python2dir %{_builddir}/python2-%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
+%global python3dir %{_builddir}/python3-%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
+
 Summary: D-Bus Python Bindings
 Name:    dbus-python
 Version: 1.2.4
-Release: 14%{?dist}
+Release: 15%{?dist}
 
 License: MIT
 URL:     http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings/
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ D-Bus python bindings for use with python programs.
 Summary: %summary
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-dbus}
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
+BuildRequires: python2dist(setuptools)
 # Remove before F30
 Provides: dbus-python = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: dbus-python%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ Obsoletes: dbus-python < %{version}-%{release}
 Summary: D-Bus bindings for python3
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-dbus}
 BuildRequires: python3-devel
+BuildRequires: python3dist(setuptools)
 
 %description -n python3-dbus
 %{summary}.
@@ -68,28 +73,46 @@ bindings.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
-%build
 # For new arches (aarch64/ppc64le), and patch0
 autoreconf -vif
+
+%if %{with python2}
+mkdir -p %{python2dir}
+cp -a . %{python2dir}
+mv %{python2dir} python2-build
+%endif
+mkdir -p %{python3dir}
+cp -a . %{python3dir}
+mv %{python3dir} python3-build
+
+%build
 %global _configure ../configure
 
 %if %{with python2}
-mkdir python2-build; pushd python2-build
+pushd python2-build
+%py2_build
 %configure PYTHON="%{__python2}"
 %make_build
 popd
 %endif # with python2
 
-mkdir python3-build; pushd python3-build
+pushd python3-build
+%py3_build
 %configure PYTHON="%{__python3}"
 %make_build
 popd
 
 %install
 %if %{with python2}
-%make_install -C python2-build
+pushd python2-build
+%py2_install
+%make_install
+popd
 %endif # with python2
-%make_install -C python3-build
+pushd python3-build
+%py3_install
+%make_install
+popd
 
 # unpackaged files
 %if %{with python2}
@@ -110,6 +133,7 @@ make check -k -C python3-build
 %license COPYING
 %{python2_sitearch}/*.so
 %{python2_sitearch}/dbus/
+%{python2_sitearch}/dbus_python*egg-info
 %endif # with python2
 
 %files -n python3-dbus
@@ -117,6 +141,7 @@ make check -k -C python3-build
 %license COPYING
 %{python3_sitearch}/*.so
 %{python3_sitearch}/dbus/
+%{python3_sitearch}/dbus_python*egg-info
 
 %files devel
 %doc README ChangeLog doc/API_CHANGES.txt doc/HACKING.txt doc/tutorial.txt
@@ -124,6 +149,10 @@ make check -k -C python3-build
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/dbus-python.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 06 2019 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> - 1.2.4-15
+- Backport patch from Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> to generate pythonXdist
+  metadata
+
 * Sun Jul 22 2018 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 1.2.4-14
 - Conditionalize the python2 subpackage