diff --git a/freeipa.spec.in b/freeipa.spec.in
index 48b14654f..4eac379ff 100644
--- a/freeipa.spec.in
+++ b/freeipa.spec.in
@@ -1027,10 +1027,21 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-task %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-task-%{p
 ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-run-tests-%{python2_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-run-tests-2
 ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-test-config-%{python2_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-config-2
 ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-test-task-%{python2_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-task-2
-# test framework defaults to Python 2
+%endif # with_ipatests
+
+# Decide which Python (2 or 3) should be used as default for tests
+%if 0%{?with_ipatests}
+%if 0%{?with_python3}
+# Building with python3 => make it default for tests
+ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-run-tests-%{python3_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-run-tests
+ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-test-config-%{python3_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-config
+ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-test-task-%{python3_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-task
+%else
+# Building python2 only => make it default for tests
 ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-run-tests-%{python2_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-run-tests
 ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-test-config-%{python2_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-config
 ln -s %{_bindir}/ipa-test-task-%{python2_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ipa-test-task
+%endif # with_python3
 %endif # with_ipatests
 
 # remove files which are useful only for make uninstall