diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a0be432..1e223dd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (z3-4.8.8.tar.gz) = a6823cadb7cdad11b8f0db1530676c0ec4853886dfb3c4dbc5b798c5dbd445afb0c61675f81cb7f99c1b1734d9cd0ec96a07c68a948da3c25801fc6767fea47f
+SHA512 (z3-4.8.9.tar.gz) = a50da5c3f9e27d3e804c1b71f648a3dbd5a55223b7344d66f191a1b34a4d787810abd976840d3ab3878aaf5c96d89f5a517cac0781b82aa927a9d8d54836d54f
diff --git a/z3-python.patch b/z3-python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c26dd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/z3-python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/scripts/update_api.py	2020-09-10 12:51:28.000000000 -0600
++++ b/scripts/update_api.py	2020-12-25 17:03:00.196777823 -0700
+@@ -1755,15 +1755,15 @@ def write_core_py_preamble(core_py):
+ # Automatically generated file
+ import sys, os
+ import ctypes
+-import pkg_resources
++import sysconfig
+ from .z3types import *
+ from .z3consts import *
+ 
+-_ext = 'dll' if sys.platform in ('win32', 'cygwin') else 'dylib' if sys.platform == 'darwin' else 'so'
++_ext = 'dll' if sys.platform in ('win32', 'cygwin') else 'dylib' if sys.platform == 'darwin' else 'so.@MAJVER@'
+ _lib = None
+ _default_dirs = ['.',
+                  os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+-                 pkg_resources.resource_filename('z3', 'lib'),
++                 sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'),
+                  os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'lib'),
+                  None]
+ _all_dirs = []
diff --git a/z3.spec b/z3.spec
index c425bb1..336c95c 100644
--- a/z3.spec
+++ b/z3.spec
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 Name:           z3
-Version:        4.8.8
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Version:        4.8.9
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solver
 
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3
 Source0:        https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# Change the way python finds the shared object; see bz 1910923
+Patch0:         %{name}-python.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gmp-devel
 BuildRequires:  graphviz
+BuildRequires:  help2man
 BuildRequires:  java-devel
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
+BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  ninja-build
 BuildRequires:  ocaml
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib
@@ -98,13 +102,18 @@ sed \
   -e "s/OCAML_FLAGS = ''/OCAML_FLAGS = '-g'/" \
   -i scripts/mk_util.py
 
-# Comply with the Java packaging guidelines
-sed -e '/catch/s,\(System\.load\)Library("\(.*\)"),\1("%{_libdir}/z3/\2.so"),' \
+# Comply with the Java packaging guidelines and fill in the version for python
+majver=$(cut -d. -f-2 <<< %{version})
+sed -e '/libz3java/s,\(System\.load\)Library("\(.*\)"),\1("%{_libdir}/z3/\2.so"),' \
+    -e "s/@MAJVER@/$majver/" \
     -i scripts/update_api.py
 
 # Update an OCaml interface
 sed -i 's/Pervasives/Stdlib/' src/api/ml/z3.ml
 
+# FIXME: For unknown reasons, cmake replaces the version with nothing at all
+sed -i 's/@VERSION@/%{version}/' z3.pc.cmake.in
+
 # Fix character encoding
 iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf-8 RELEASE_NOTES > RELEASE_NOTES.utf8
 touch -r RELEASE_NOTES RELEASE_NOTES.utf8
@@ -113,7 +122,7 @@ mv -f RELEASE_NOTES.utf8 RELEASE_NOTES
 %build
 export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 export LANG="C.UTF-8"
-export PYTHON="%{__python3}"
+export PYTHON="%{python3}"
 
 %cmake -G Ninja \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=%{_includedir}/%{name} \
@@ -135,7 +144,7 @@ export PYTHON="%{__python3}"
 
 # Second, to prevent make from rebuilding the entire library, copy the
 # cmake-built library to where make expects it.
-cp -dp %{__cmake_builddir}/libz3.so* build
+cp -dp %{_vpath_builddir}/libz3.so* build
 
 # Third, make wants to rebuild libz3.so since its dependencies do not exist.
 # Do selective Makefile surgery to prevent this.
@@ -168,6 +177,10 @@ popd
 # We handle the documentation files below
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/Z3
 
+# Make a man page
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
+help2man -N -o %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1 %{_vpath_builddir}/%{name}
+
 #%%check
 # Some of the tests require more memory than the koji builders have available.
 #
@@ -180,6 +193,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/Z3
 %files
 %doc README.md RELEASE_NOTES
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
+%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1*
 
 %files libs
 %license LICENSE.txt
@@ -189,9 +203,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/Z3
 %{_includedir}/%{name}/
 %{_libdir}/lib%{name}.so
 %{_libdir}/cmake/%{name}/
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
 
 %files doc
-%doc %{__cmake_builddir}/doc/api/html examples
+%doc %{_vpath_builddir}/doc/api/html examples
 %license LICENSE.txt
 
 %files -n java-%{name}
@@ -216,6 +231,21 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/Z3
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{name}/
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 25 2020 Jerry James <loganjerry@gmail.com> - 4.8.9-4
+- Fix the python interface (bz 1910923)
+
+* Mon Nov 16 2020 Jerry James <loganjerry@gmail.com> - 4.8.9-3
+- Rebuild for ocaml-zarith 1.11
+
+* Fri Sep 25 2020 Jerry James <loganjerry@gmail.com> - 4.8.9-2
+- Rebuild for ocaml-zarith 1.10
+
+* Fri Sep 11 2020 Jerry James <loganjerry@gmail.com> - 4.8.9-1
+- Version 4.8.9
+
+* Wed Sep 02 2020 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 4.8.8-7.1
+- Bump release and rebuild.
+
 * Tue Sep 01 2020 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 4.8.8-7
 - OCaml 4.11.1 rebuild