diff --git a/conf.sh b/conf.sh
index 5691ac4..f955c55 100644
--- a/conf.sh
+++ b/conf.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 # FIXME: reset all kernel configs set to pkgrel=1 when this changes
 #
 zol_version="0.7.12"
-zol_rc_version="0.8.0-rc2"
+zol_rc_version="0.8.0-rc3"
 
 # The ZOL source hashes are from zfsonlinux.org
 spl_src_hash="4709a06e913bbbeb634161a8b68c3f879e5b6040c6c0c09b1f51042b3178c274"
 zfs_src_hash="720e3b221c1ba5d4c18c990e48b86a2eb613575a0c3cc84c0aa784b17b7c2848"
-zfs_rc_src_hash="66fa2aa270586dc3c0f64d08b83f126f288163d6fb622e8d85e3e86a118a2082"
+zfs_rc_src_hash="5c344d6ff876d4c5286d83745700127054858cea379d31741fe96589ac40baff"
 
 zfs_bash_completion_hash="b60214f70ffffb62ffe489cbfabd2e069d14ed2a391fac0e36f914238394b540"
 zfs_initcpio_install_hash="29a8a6d76fff01b71ef1990526785405d9c9410bdea417b08b56107210d00b10"
diff --git a/src/kernels/_utils.sh b/src/kernels/_utils.sh
index 7ee61d3..f0408e8 100644
--- a/src/kernels/_utils.sh
+++ b/src/kernels/_utils.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ update_utils_rc_pkgbuilds() {
     zfs_pkgrel=${pkgrel_rc}
     zfs_utils_pkgname="zfs-utils-rc"
     zfs_src_hash=${zfs_rc_src_hash}
+    zfs_makedepends="\"python\""
     # Paths are relative to build.sh
     zfs_utils_pkgbuild_path="packages/${kernel_name}/${zfs_utils_pkgname}"
     zfs_src_target="https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/download/zfs-\${pkgver/_/-}/zfs-\${pkgver/_/-}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/src/kernels/linux-lts.sh b/src/kernels/linux-lts.sh
index cb48c9c..03aa700 100644
--- a/src/kernels/linux-lts.sh
+++ b/src/kernels/linux-lts.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ update_linux_lts_rc_pkgbuilds() {
     zfs_pkgname="zfs-linux-lts-rc"
     zfs_utils_pkgname="zfs-utils-rc=\${_zfsver}"
     zfs_src_hash=${zfs_rc_src_hash}
+    zfs_makedepends="\"python\""
     # Paths are relative to build.sh
     zfs_pkgbuild_path="packages/${kernel_name}/${zfs_pkgname}"
     zfs_src_target="https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/download/zfs-\${_zfsver/_/-}/zfs-\${_zfsver/_/-}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/src/kernels/linux.sh b/src/kernels/linux.sh
index ade6b5c..53e689d 100644
--- a/src/kernels/linux.sh
+++ b/src/kernels/linux.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ update_linux_rc_pkgbuilds() {
     zfs_pkgname="zfs-linux-rc"
     zfs_utils_pkgname="zfs-utils-rc=\${_zfsver}"
     zfs_src_hash=${zfs_rc_src_hash}
+    zfs_makedepends="\"python\""
     # Paths are relative to build.sh
     zfs_pkgbuild_path="packages/${kernel_name}/${zfs_pkgname}"
     zfs_src_target="https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/download/zfs-\${_zfsver/_/-}/zfs-\${_zfsver/_/-}.tar.gz"