diff --git a/abi_used_libs b/abi_used_libs
--- a/abi_used_libs
+++ b/abi_used_libs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 libpthread.so.0
 libpulse-simple.so.0
 libpulse.so.0
+libpython3.7m.so.1.0
 libsamplerate.so.0
 libstdc++.so.6
 libswresample.so.3
diff --git a/package.yml b/package.yml
--- a/package.yml
+++ b/package.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name       : mlt
 version    : 6.22.1
-release    : 24
+release    : 25
 source     :
     - https://github.com/mltframework/mlt/archive/v6.22.1.tar.gz : a3debdf0b8811f0d20c902cc3df3d05dad7d3ff36d1db16c0a7338d0d5989998
 license    :
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 summary    : Multimedia framework designed for television broadcasting.
 description: |
     Multimedia framework designed for television broadcasting.
+patterns   :
+    - python :
+        - /usr/lib64/python3.*/site-packages/*
 builddeps  :
     - pkgconfig(alsa)
     - pkgconfig(fftw3)
@@ -20,17 +23,32 @@
     - pkgconfig(libexif)
     - pkgconfig(libpulse)
     - pkgconfig(movit)
+    - pkgconfig(python3)
     - pkgconfig(Qt5Svg)
     - pkgconfig(samplerate)
     - pkgconfig(SDL2_image)
     - pkgconfig(vidstab)
     - pkgconfig(x11)
+    - swig
 rundeps    :
     - frei0r
 setup      : |
     %patch -p1 < $pkgfiles/0002-Fix-make-install-for-lumas.patch
-    %configure --enable-gpl --enable-gpl3 --enable-opengl --enable-lumas
+    %configure \
+        --enable-gpl \
+        --enable-gpl3 \
+        --enable-opengl \
+        --enable-lumas \
+        --enable-mmx \
+        --enable-sse \
+        --swig-languages=python
 build      : |
     %make
 install    : |
     %make_install
+
+    # install python swig bindings
+    PYTHON_MODULES_DIR=$installdir/usr/lib64/python%python3_version%/site-packages
+
+    install -Dm 00644 $workdir/src/swig/python/_mlt.so $PYTHON_MODULES_DIR/_mlt.so
+    install -Dm 00644 $workdir/src/swig/python/mlt.py $PYTHON_MODULES_DIR/mlt.py
diff --git a/pspec_x86_64.xml b/pspec_x86_64.xml
--- a/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>programming.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="24">mlt</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="25">mlt</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/mlt++/Mlt.h</Path>
@@ -557,9 +557,22 @@
             <Path fileType="data">/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/mlt-framework.pc</Path>
         </Files>
     </Package>
+    <Package>
+        <Name>mlt-python</Name>
+        <Summary xml:lang="en">Multimedia framework designed for television broadcasting.</Summary>
+        <Description xml:lang="en">Multimedia framework designed for television broadcasting.
+</Description>
+        <RuntimeDependencies>
+            <Dependency release="25">mlt</Dependency>
+        </RuntimeDependencies>
+        <Files>
+            <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/_mlt.so</Path>
+            <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/mlt.py</Path>
+        </Files>
+    </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="24">
-            <Date>2020-09-01</Date>
+        <Update release="25">
+            <Date>2020-09-11</Date>
             <Version>6.22.1</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
             <Name>Campbell Jones</Name>