diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 7973b93..34ca2a4 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 %global eppic_ver d84c3541035d95077aa8571f5d5c3e07c6ef510b
 %global eppic_shortver %(c=%{eppic_ver}; echo ${c:0:7})
+%global mkdf_ver 1.6.5
 
 Name: kexec-tools
 Version: 2.0.19
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ Source4: kdump.sysconfig.i386
 Source5: kdump.sysconfig.ppc64
 Source7: mkdumprd
 Source8: kdump.conf
-Source9: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/makedumpfile/makedumpfile/1.6.5/makedumpfile-1.6.5.tar.gz
+Source9: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/makedumpfile/makedumpfile/%{mkdf_ver}/makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver}.tar.gz
 Source10: kexec-kdump-howto.txt
 Source12: mkdumprd.8
 Source13: 98-kexec.rules
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ cp %{SOURCE27} .
 make
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 ppc64 s390x ppc64le aarch64
 make -C eppic-%{eppic_ver}/libeppic
-make -C makedumpfile-1.6.5 LINKTYPE=dynamic USELZO=on USESNAPPY=on
-make -C makedumpfile-1.6.5 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -I../eppic-%{eppic_ver}/libeppic -L../eppic-%{eppic_ver}/libeppic" eppic_makedumpfile.so
+make -C makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver} LINKTYPE=dynamic USELZO=on USESNAPPY=on
+make -C makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver} LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -I../eppic-%{eppic_ver}/libeppic -L../eppic-%{eppic_ver}/libeppic" eppic_makedumpfile.so
 %endif
 
 %install
@@ -188,13 +189,13 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE16} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/kdump.service
 install -m 755 -D %{SOURCE22} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/kdump-dep-generator.sh
 
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 ppc64 s390x ppc64le aarch64
-install -m 755 makedumpfile-1.6.5/makedumpfile $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin/makedumpfile
-install -m 644 makedumpfile-1.6.5/makedumpfile.8.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/makedumpfile.8.gz
-install -m 644 makedumpfile-1.6.5/makedumpfile.conf.5.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man5/makedumpfile.conf.5.gz
-install -m 644 makedumpfile-1.6.5/makedumpfile.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/makedumpfile.conf.sample
-install -m 755 makedumpfile-1.6.5/eppic_makedumpfile.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/eppic_makedumpfile.so
+install -m 755 makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver}/makedumpfile $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin/makedumpfile
+install -m 644 makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver}/makedumpfile.8.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/makedumpfile.8.gz
+install -m 644 makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver}/makedumpfile.conf.5.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man5/makedumpfile.conf.5.gz
+install -m 644 makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver}/makedumpfile.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/makedumpfile.conf.sample
+install -m 755 makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver}/eppic_makedumpfile.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/eppic_makedumpfile.so
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/
-install -m 644 makedumpfile-1.6.5/eppic_scripts/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/
+install -m 644 makedumpfile-%{mkdf_ver}/eppic_scripts/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/
 %endif
 
 %define remove_dracut_prefix() %(echo -n %1|sed 's/.*dracut-//g')