diff -dur -x '*~' -x '*.orig' rpm-5.4.15.orig/lib/rpmfc.c rpm-5.4.15/lib/rpmfc.c
--- rpm-5.4.15.orig/lib/rpmfc.c	2015-11-29 09:57:16.945204643 +0100
+++ rpm-5.4.15/lib/rpmfc.c	2015-11-29 09:59:24.804768239 +0100
@@ -604,8 +604,6 @@
   /* XXX "a /usr/bin/python -t script text executable" */
   /* XXX "python 2.3 byte-compiled" */
   { " /usr/bin/python",		RPMFC_PYTHON|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
-  { "python ",			RPMFC_PYTHON|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
-  { "Python script",		RPMFC_PYTHON|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
 
   { "libtool library ",		RPMFC_LIBTOOL|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
   { "pkgconfig ",		RPMFC_PKGCONFIG|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
@@ -1114,6 +1112,9 @@
     int i;
     int xx;
     int skipping;
+    int l;
+    const char * lastPycDir = NULL;
+    const char * p;
 
     miRE mire;
     int skipProv = fc->skipProv;
@@ -1156,8 +1157,29 @@
 		if ((fn[0] == '3' && fn[1] == '2') || 
 			(fn[0] == '6' && fn[1] == '4'))
 		    fn += 2;
-		if (!strncmp(fn, "/python", sizeof("/python")-1))
-		    fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+		if (!strncmp(fn, "/python", sizeof("/python")-1)) {
+		    l = strlen(fn);
+		    if (fn[l-4] == '.' && fn[l-3] == 'p' && fn[l-2] == 'y'
+			    && (fn[l-1] == 'c' || fn[l-1] == 'o')) {
+			p = strchr(fn, '/');
+			if (p) {
+			    l = p - fc->fn[fc->ix];
+			    if (!lastPycDir || strncmp(lastPycDir, fc->fn[fc->ix], l)) {
+				/* one pyc/pyo file per python library directory should be enough to get the dependency */
+				fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+				lastPycDir = fc->fn[fc->ix];
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		    else if (l > 17 && !strcmp(fn + l - 17, "egg-info/PKG-INFO")) {
+			/* get all PKG-INFO files for egg-info data */
+			fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+		    }
+		    else if (l > 8 && !strcmp(fn + l - 8, "egg-info")) {
+			/* get all .egg-info files too */
+			fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+		    }
+		}
 		else if (!strncmp(fn, "/ruby", sizeof("/ruby")-1)) {
 		    fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_RUBY;
 		    if ((strstr(fn, ".gemspec") || strstr(fn, "rbconfig.rb"))) {
@@ -1184,8 +1206,29 @@
 	    fn = strstr(fc->fn[fc->ix], "/usr/share");
 	    if (fn) {
 		fn += sizeof("/usr/share")-1;
-		if (!strncmp(fn, "/python", sizeof("/python")-1))
-		    fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+		if (!strncmp(fn, "/python", sizeof("/python")-1)) {
+		    l = strlen(fn);
+		    if (fn[l-4] == '.' && fn[l-3] == 'p' && fn[l-2] == 'y'
+			    && (fn[l-1] == 'c' || fn[l-1] == 'o')) {
+			p = strchr(fn, '/');
+			if (p) {
+			    l = p - fc->fn[fc->ix];
+			    if (!lastPycDir || strncmp(lastPycDir, fc->fn[fc->ix], l)) {
+				/* one pyc/pyo file per python library directory should be enough to get the dependency */
+				fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+				lastPycDir = fc->fn[fc->ix];
+			    }
+			}
+		    }
+		    else if (l > 17 && !strcmp(fn + l - 17, "egg-info/PKG-INFO")) {
+			/* get all PKG-INFO files for egg-info data */
+			fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+		    }
+		    else if (l > 8 && !strcmp(fn + l - 8, "egg-info")) {
+			/* get all .egg-info files too */
+			fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_PYTHON;
+		    }
+		}
 		else if (!strncmp(fn, "/ruby", sizeof("/ruby")-1) || !strncmp(fn, "/gems/specifications", sizeof("/gems/specifications")-1)) {
 		    fc->fcolor->vals[fc->ix] |= RPMFC_RUBY;
 		    if ((strstr(fn, ".gemspec") || strstr(fn, "rbconfig.rb"))) {