diff --git a/0001-Don-t-fail-on-older-python-versions-because-of-hashe.patch b/0001-Don-t-fail-on-older-python-versions-because-of-hashe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d50bd54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Don-t-fail-on-older-python-versions-because-of-hashe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From f6f6666438af884da7b4b1d76a258639f949406f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us>
+Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:05:50 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't fail on older python versions because of hashes.
+
+---
+ dns/hash.py |    3 ---
+ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/dns/hash.py b/dns/hash.py
+index 7bd5ae5..8582a9c 100644
+--- a/dns/hash.py
++++ b/dns/hash.py
+@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ def _setup():
+         if sys.hexversion >= 0x02050200:
+             _hashes['SHA384'] = hashlib.sha384
+             _hashes['SHA512'] = hashlib.sha512
+-        else:
+-            _hashes['SHA384'] = _need_later_python('SHA384')
+-            _hashes['SHA512'] = _need_later_python('SHA512')
+ 
+         if sys.hexversion < 0x02050000:
+             # hashlib doesn't conform to PEP 247: API for
+-- 
+1.7.3.2
+
diff --git a/python-dns.spec b/python-dns.spec
index 7ec3456..e6fac2b 100644
--- a/python-dns.spec
+++ b/python-dns.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ License:        MIT
 URL:            http://www.dnspython.org/
 Source0:        http://www.dnspython.org/kits/%{version}/dnspython-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://www.dnspython.org/kits/%{version}/dnspython-%{version}.tar.gz.asc
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 5
+Patch0:	        0001-Don-t-fail-on-older-python-versions-because-of-hashe.patch
+%endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -76,6 +79,10 @@ cp -a . %{py26dir}
 find %{py26dir} -name '*.py' | xargs sed -i '1s|^#!.*python|#!%{__python26}|'
 %endif
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 5
+%patch0 -p1
+%endif
+
 %build
 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python} -c 'import setuptools; execfile("setup.py")' build