diff --git a/deps-packaging/lcov/cfbuild-lcov.spec b/deps-packaging/lcov/cfbuild-lcov.spec
index 8abb3f504..77ae597be 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/lcov/cfbuild-lcov.spec
+++ b/deps-packaging/lcov/cfbuild-lcov.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ exit 0
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT PREFIX=/usr CFG_DIR=/etc
 
+# Manually invoke the python byte compile macro for each path that needs byte
+# compilation.
+%py_byte_compile %{__python3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/support-scripts/spreadsheet.py
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT