diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
index 4285dad33..08ad2c5cd 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ PWOF
 pwrite
 pwritev
 pwsh
+pybind
 pymdownx
 pytest
 pyw
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a7a0f9fc3..60b8bcc9b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ add_mdbx_option(MDBX_INSTALL_STATIC "Build and install libmdbx for static linkin
 add_mdbx_option(MDBX_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY "Build libmdbx as shared library (DLL)" ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
 add_mdbx_option(MDBX_BUILD_TOOLS "Build MDBX tools (mdbx_chk/stat/dump/load/copy)" ${MDBX_BUILD_TOOLS_DEFAULT})
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(MDBX_INSTALL_MANPAGES "Install man-pages for MDBX tools (mdbx_chk/stat/dump/load/copy)" ON MDBX_BUILD_TOOLS OFF)
-CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(MDBX_PYTHON_BINDINGS "Build the Python 3 bindings" ON MDBX_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY OFF)
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(MDBX_PYTHON_BINDINGS "Build the Python 3 bindings" OFF MDBX_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY OFF)
 add_mdbx_option(MDBX_TXN_CHECKOWNER "Checking transaction matches the calling thread inside libmdbx's API" ON)
 add_mdbx_option(MDBX_ENV_CHECKPID "Paranoid checking PID inside libmdbx's API" AUTO)
 mark_as_advanced(MDBX_ENV_CHECKPID)
@@ -872,85 +872,69 @@ if(NOT MDBX_AMALGAMATED_SOURCE AND MDBX_ENABLE_TESTS)
 endif()
 
 ################################################################################
+# python bindings: This is temporary part and subject to replace with python's native `distutils.core`
 
 if(MDBX_PYTHON_BINDINGS)
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.14)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Python bindings require CMake version >= 3.14")
+  endif()
   if (NOT MDBX_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
     message(SEND_ERROR "Python bindings require libmdbx to be built as a shared library.")
   endif()
-  if (NOT PYTEST)
-    find_program(PYTEST pytest)
-    #message(FATAL_ERROR "PYTEST: ${PYTEST}")
-    if (PYTEST-NOTFOUND)
-      find_program(PYTEST pytest-3)
-      if(NOT PYTEST)
-        set(
-          PYTEST
-          python3 -m pytest
-          )
-      endif()
-    endif()
-  endif()
-
-  set(MDBX_BUILD_DIR_LIB_LOCATION
-    $<TARGET_FILE:mdbx>
-    )
-
-  add_custom_target(
-    python-prep
-    COMMAND sed 's|@LIBLOCATION@|${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${MDBX_DLL_INSTALL_DESTINATION}/${mdbx}|' python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in > python/libmdbx/mdbx.py
-    COMMAND sed 's|@MDBX_VERSION@|${MDBX_VERSION}|' python/libmdbx/setup.py.in > python/libmdbx/setup.py
-    COMMENT Prepare python bindings
-    )
-
-  add_custom_target(
-    python-test-prep
-    COMMAND sed 's|@LIBLOCATION@|${MDBX_BUILD_DIR_LIB_LOCATION}|' python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in > python/libmdbx/mdbx.py
-    COMMENT set the DLL path to the built dll in the build dir
-    DEPENDS mdbx
-    )
+  find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter) # Development
+
+  # FIXME: The SOURCE directory should not be cluttered with generated files
+  #        that depend on the build parameters.
+  #        E.g this will break cross-compilation and builds for different
+  #        platforms from the single copy of code.
+  #
+  #        Moreover the another problem = python code should refer to the
+  #        installed libmdbx.so, but not to a build's temporary artifact(s).
+  set(MDBX_SOLIB_LOCATION "$<TARGET_FILE:mdbx>")
+  configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in-cmake" ESCAPE_QUOTES)
+  configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/setup.py.in"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/setup.py" ESCAPE_QUOTES)
+
+  file(GENERATE
+    OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py"
+    INPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in-cmake")
+  file(GENERATE
+    OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/tests/mdbx4test.py"
+    INPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in-cmake")
 
   add_custom_target(
-    python-test
-    COMMAND ${PYTEST}
-    COMMENT test python bindings
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY python
-    DEPENDS python-test-prep
-    )
+    python-wheel
+    SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/setup.py"
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -m build
+    COMMENT build python wheel of the bindings
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python"
+    DEPENDS mdbx)
 
   add_custom_target(
     python-install
-    COMMAND python setup.py install --root="$CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX"
+    SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/setup.py"
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} setup.py install --root="$CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX"
     COMMENT package python bindings
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY python
-    )
-
-  add_custom_target(
-    python-wheel
-    COMMAND python3 -m build
-    COMMENT build python wheel of the bindings
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY python
-    )
+    DEPENDS python-wheel
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python")
 
   add_custom_target(
-    python-clean
-    COMMAND python3 setup.py clean --all
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY python
-    )
+    python-test
+    SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/tests/mdbx4test.py"
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} runme.py
+    COMMENT test python bindings
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/libmdbx/tests")
 
   add_custom_target(
-    python
-    )
-
-  add_dependencies(
-    distclean
     python-clean
-    )
+    SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/setup.py"
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} setup.py clean --all
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python")
+  add_dependencies(distclean python-clean)
 
-  add_dependencies(
-    python
-    python-test
-    python-wheel
-    )
+  add_custom_target(python-all)
+  add_dependencies(python-all python-test python-wheel)
 endif()
 
 set(PACKAGE "libmdbx")
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 8437c9532..177f8e639 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ LIBS    ?= $(shell uname | grep -qi SunOS && echo "-lkstat") $(shell uname | gre
 LDFLAGS ?= $(shell $(LD) --help 2>/dev/null | grep -q -- --gc-sections && echo '-Wl,--gc-sections,-z,relro,-O1')$(shell $(LD) --help 2>/dev/null | grep -q -- -dead_strip && echo '-Wl,-dead_strip')
 EXE_LDFLAGS ?= -pthread
 
-PYTEST ?= $(shell if command -v pytest >/dev/null ; then echo pytest ; elif command -v pytest-3 >/dev/null; then echo pytest-3 ; else echo python3 -m pytest ; fi)
-
 ################################################################################
 
 UNAME      := $(shell uname -s 2>/dev/null || echo Unknown)
@@ -64,9 +62,8 @@ HEADERS    := mdbx.h mdbx.h++
 LIBRARIES  := libmdbx.a libmdbx.$(SO_SUFFIX)
 TOOLS      := mdbx_stat mdbx_copy mdbx_dump mdbx_load mdbx_chk mdbx_drop
 MANPAGES   := mdbx_stat.1 mdbx_copy.1 mdbx_dump.1 mdbx_load.1 mdbx_chk.1 mdbx_drop.1
-BINDINGS   := python
 
-.PHONY: all help options lib tools clean install uninstall python
+.PHONY: all help options lib tools clean install uninstall
 .PHONY: install-strip install-no-strip strip libmdbx mdbx show-options
 
 ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
@@ -107,7 +104,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "  make bench-triplet       - run ioarena-benchmark for mdbx, lmdb, sqlite3"
 	@echo "  make bench-quartet       - run ioarena-benchmark for mdbx, lmdb, rocksdb, wiredtiger"
 	@echo "  make bench-clean         - remove temp database(s) after benchmark"
-	@echo "  make python              - Generate python bindings"
 #> dist-cutoff-begin
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "  make test                - basic test"
@@ -559,38 +555,41 @@ dist/man1/mdbx_%.1: src/man1/mdbx_%.1
 
 endif
 
-python: python-test python-wheel
+################################################################################
+# python bindings: This is temporary part and subject to replace with python's native `distutils.core`
 
-# Python bindings generation
-python/libmdbx/mdbx.py:
-	@echo '  GENERATING PYTHON BINDINGS'
-	$(QUIET)sed 's|@LIBLOCATION@|$(prefix)/libmdbx.$(SO_SUFFIX)|' python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in > python/libmdbx/mdbx.py
+PYTHON3 ?= python3
+.PHONY: python-test python-wheel python-clean python-install python-all
+python-all: python-test python-wheel
 
-python-test-prep:
-	@echo '  PREPARING PYTHON BINDINGS FOR TEST'
-	$(QUIET)sed 's|@LIBLOCATION@|$(abspath .)/libmdbx.$(SO_SUFFIX)|' python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in > python/libmdbx/mdbx.py
+python/libmdbx/mdbx.py: python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in
+	@echo '  POKE solib location into $@'
+	$(QUIET)sed 's|@MDBX_SOLIB_LOCATION@|$(prefix)/lib$(suffix)/libmdbx.$(SO_SUFFIX)|' $< >$@
 
-python-test: python-test-prep libmdbx.$(SO_SUFFIX)
-	@echo ' TESTING PYTHON BINDINGS'
-	cd python/libmdbx &&	$(PYTEST)
+python/setup.py: python/setup.py.in
+	@echo '  POKE version into $@'
+	$(QUIET)sed 's|@MDBX_VERSION@|${MDBX_GIT_VERSION}|' $< >$@
 
-python-prep-setup:
-	@echo ' SETTING WHEEL VERSION'
-	$(QUIET)sed 's|@MDBX_VERSION@|${MDBX_GIT_VERSION}|' python/libmdbx/setup.py.in > python/libmdbx/setup.py
+python-wheel: python/libmdbx/mdbx.py python/setup.py
+	@echo '  CREATE python bindings wheel'
+	$(QUIET)cd python && $(PYTHON3) -m build >$@.log
 
-python-wheel: python/libmdbx/mdbx.py python-prep-setup
-	@echo ' GENERATING PYTHON WHEEL'
-	cd python/libmdbx && python3 -m build
+python-clean: python/libmdbx/mdbx.py python/setup.py
+	@echo '  CLEAN python bindings directories'
+	$(QUIET)cd python && $(PYTHON3) setup.py clean --all >$@.log
 
-python-clean: python-prep-setup
-	@echo 'CLEANING PYTHON DIRECTORY'
-	cd python/libmdbx && python3 setup.py clean --all
+python-install: python/libmdbx/mdbx.py python/setup.py
+	@echo '  INSTALLING python bindings'
+	$(QUIET)cd python && $(PYTHON3) setup.py install --root="$(abspath $(DESTDIR)/)" >$@.log
 
-python-install: python/libmdbx/mdbx.py python-prep-setup
-	@echo 'INSTALLING PYTHON BINDINGS'
-	cd python/libmdbx && python3 setup.py install --root="$(DESTDIR)"
+# python bindings test: This is temporary part and subject to replace with python's native `distutils.core`
+python/libmdbx/tests/mdbx4test.py: python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in libmdbx.$(SO_SUFFIX)
+	@echo '  POKE solib location into $@'
+	$(QUIET)sed 's|@MDBX_SOLIB_LOCATION@|$(abspath libmdbx.$(SO_SUFFIX))|' $< >$@
 
-.PHONY: python-test python-test-prep python python/libmdbx/mdbx.py python-prep-setup
+python-test: python/libmdbx/tests/runme.py python/libmdbx/tests/mdbx4test.py
+	@echo -n '  RUN $<...'
+	$(QUIET)$(PYTHON3) python/libmdbx/tests/runme.py >$@.log 2>&1 && echo " Done" || echo "Fail"
 
 ################################################################################
 # Cross-compilation simple test
diff --git a/python/TODO.md b/python/TODO.md
index 10912db37..bb655ad12 100644
--- a/python/TODO.md
+++ b/python/TODO.md
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ Incomplete TODO list to merge `python-bindings` (status: draft) branch to the `m
 
 1.
 
- - [ ] cmake: enable python binding only for cmake >= 3.14 and warn otherwise (but we unable change the requirement for minimal cmake version).
- - [ ] cmake: use `FindPython()` instead of calling `python` directly.
- - [ ] cmake: always use `python3 -m pytest` instead of finding `pytest`, since such way is fragile and unportable.
- - [ ] cmake: replace using `sed` by CMake's `configure_file()`.
+ - [x] cmake: enable python binding only for cmake >= 3.14 and warn otherwise (but we unable change the requirement for minimal cmake version).
+ - [x] cmake: use `FindPython()` instead of calling `python` directly.
+ - [x] cmake: always use `python3 -m pytest` instead of finding `pytest`, since such way is fragile and unportable.
+ - [x] cmake: replace using `sed` by CMake's `configure_file()`.
  - [ ] cmake: seems CMake have some useful features for python than we should use instead of custom targets.
+ - [ ] python: no build-depend files should be created inside `${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}`, but only `${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}` instead.
+ - [ ] python: should should refer to the installed libmdbx.so, but not to a build's temporary artifact(s).
+ - [ ] python: A different package name must be chosen, otherwise there is confusion with the generally accepted names of source code archives (and someone should be reserved for full C++ bindings by pybind11).
+ - [ ] create README.md
+ - [ ] egg/wheel: ability to build & install library from pip.
 
 2.
 
diff --git a/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in b/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in
index 9899c8787..027b5f2ed 100644
--- a/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in
+++ b/python/libmdbx/mdbx.py.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import errno
 import os
 
 # init lib
-_lib = ctypes.CDLL("@LIBLOCATION@")
+_lib = ctypes.CDLL("@MDBX_SOLIB_LOCATION@")
 
 # Names are all CamelCase because PEP 8 states class names have to be CamelCase.
 # Abbreviations like TXN (although they are native class names) are capitalized because of PEP 8, too.
diff --git a/python/libmdbx/tests/__init__.py b/python/libmdbx/tests/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/python/libmdbx/tests/mdbx_test.py b/python/libmdbx/tests/runme.py
similarity index 99%
rename from python/libmdbx/tests/mdbx_test.py
rename to python/libmdbx/tests/runme.py
index c560118dd..7455efc8a 100755
--- a/python/libmdbx/tests/mdbx_test.py
+++ b/python/libmdbx/tests/runme.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright 2021 Noel Kuntze <noel.kuntze@contauro.com> for Contauro AG
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -12,17 +12,18 @@
 import ctypes
 import inspect
 
-import libmdbx
+import mdbx4test as libmdbx
+
 import subprocess
 import random
 import unittest
-
 import os
 import string
 import threading
 import time
+import tempfile
 
-MDBX_TEST_DIR="%s/MDBX_TEST" % os.path.dirname(__file__)
+MDBX_TEST_DIR="%s/MDBX_TEST" % tempfile.gettempdir()
 MDBX_TEST_DB_NAME="MDBX_TEST_DB_NAME"
 MDBX_TEST_MAP_NAME="MDBX_TEST_MAP_NAME"
 MDBX_TEST_KEY=bytes("MDBX_TEST_KEY", "utf-8")
diff --git a/python/libmdbx/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from python/libmdbx/pyproject.toml
rename to python/pyproject.toml
diff --git a/python/libmdbx/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
similarity index 52%
rename from python/libmdbx/setup.py.in
rename to python/setup.py.in
index bbc49b9dc..442259d67 100644
--- a/python/libmdbx/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# TODO: like https://github.com/jnwatson/py-lmdb/blob/master/setup.py
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 
@@ -8,4 +10,7 @@ setup(name='libmdbx',
       author='Noel Kuntze',
       author_email='noel.kuntze@thermi.consulting',
       url='https://github.com/Thermi/libmdbx/tree/python-bindings',
+      license='SPDX-License-Identifier: OLDAP-2.8',
+      keywords=['key-value', 'nosql', 'database', 'mdbx', 'libmdbx', 'lmdb'],
+      packages=['libmdbx'],
      )