diff --git a/hub/Makefile b/hub/Makefile
index a44e1c4b..fc3bd634 100644
--- a/hub/Makefile
+++ b/hub/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+PYVER_MAJOR := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; print(".".join(sys.version.split(".")[:1]))')
 PACKAGE = $(shell basename `pwd`)
 PYFILES = $(wildcard *.py)
 PKGDIR = $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")/$(PACKAGE)
@@ -30,5 +31,7 @@ install:
 	for p in $(PYFILES) ; do \
 		install -p -m 644 $$p $(DESTDIR)/$(SERVERDIR)/$$p; \
 	done
-	$(PYTHON) -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('$(DESTDIR)/$(SERVERDIR)', 1, '$(PYDIR)', 1)"
+	@if [ "$(PYVER_MAJOR)" == "3" ] ; then \
+		$(PYTHON) -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('$(DESTDIR)/$(SERVERDIR)', 1, '$(PYDIR)', 1)" ; \
+	fi
 
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile b/plugins/Makefile
index caf07063..50fd89fe 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/Makefile
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ install:
 
         ifndef KOJI_MINIMAL
 		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(HUBPLUGINDIR);
-		install -p -m 644 $(HUBFILES) $(DESTDIR)/$(HUBPLUGINDIR);
-		$(PYTHON) -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('$(DESTDIR)/$(HUBPLUGINDIR)', 1, '$(HUBPLUGINDIR)', 1)";
-		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(HUBCONFDIR);
-		install -p -m 644 $(HUBCONFFILES) $(DESTDIR)/$(HUBCONFDIR);
+		@if [ "$(PYVER_MAJOR)" == "3" ] ; then \
+			install -p -m 644 $(HUBFILES) $(DESTDIR)/$(HUBPLUGINDIR); \
+			$(PYTHON) -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('$(DESTDIR)/$(HUBPLUGINDIR)', 1, '$(HUBPLUGINDIR)', 1)"; \
+			mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(HUBCONFDIR); \
+			install -p -m 644 $(HUBCONFFILES) $(DESTDIR)/$(HUBCONFDIR); \
+		fi
 		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(BUILDERPLUGINDIR);
 		install -p -m 644 $(BUILDERFILES) $(DESTDIR)/$(BUILDERPLUGINDIR);
 		$(PYTHON) -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('$(DESTDIR)/$(BUILDERPLUGINDIR)', 1, '$(BUILDERPLUGINDIR)', 1)";