diff --git a/javapackages-tools.spec b/javapackages-tools.spec
index 4c3156d..4e048e3 100644
--- a/javapackages-tools.spec
+++ b/javapackages-tools.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@
 # https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python_Appendix#Manual_byte_compilation
 %global _python_bytecompile_extra 0
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 %global python_prefix python3
 %global python_interpreter %{?__python3}%{!?__python3:dummy}
+%else
+%global python_prefix python
+%global python_interpreter %{?__python2}%{!?__python2:dummy}
+%global rpmmacrodir /etc/rpm
+%endif
 
 %global default_jdk %{?_root_prefix}%{!?_root_prefix:%{_prefix}}/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk
 %global default_jre %{?_root_prefix}%{!?_root_prefix:%{_prefix}}/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk