diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-old-python.patch b/python-sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-old-python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d3a10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-old-python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -ur sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-1.1.7.orig/sphinxcontrib/httpdomain.py sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-1.1.7/sphinxcontrib/httpdomain.py
+--- sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-1.1.7.orig/sphinxcontrib/httpdomain.py	2012-03-28 16:10:58.000000000 +1000
++++ sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-1.1.7/sphinxcontrib/httpdomain.py	2013-03-04 13:20:09.941831182 +1000
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+         location of the RFC which defines some HTTP method.
+ 
+         """
+-        return '{}#{}{}'.format(self.base_url, self.anchor, self.section)
++        return '%s#%s%s' % (self.base_url, self.anchor, self.section)
+ 
+ 
+ #: The URL of the HTTP/1.1 RFC which defines the HTTP methods OPTIONS, GET,
+@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
+         for prefix in self.ignore:
+             if letters[:len(prefix)] == prefix:
+                 return '/' + '/'.join(letters[:len(prefix) + 1])
+-        return '/%s' % (letters[0] if letters else '',)
++        return '/%s' % (letters and letters[0] or '',)
+ 
+     def generate(self, docnames=None):
+         content = {}
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-httpdomain.spec b/python-sphinxcontrib-httpdomain.spec
index 109b86b..9504f7e 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-httpdomain.spec
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-httpdomain.spec
@@ -1,27 +1,50 @@
+%if ! (0%{?rhel} >= 6 || 0%{?fedora})
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
+%{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
+%endif
+
 %global upstream_name sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 
 Name:           python-%{upstream_name}
 Version:        1.1.7
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Sphinx domain for documenting HTTP APIs
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://packages.python.org/sphinxcontrib-httpdomain/
 Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/%{upstream_name}/%{upstream_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+%if ! (0%{?rhel} >= 7 || 0%{?fedora})
+Patch0:         %{name}-old-python.patch
+%endif
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+%if ! (0%{?rhel} >= 6 || 0%{?fedora})
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
+%endif
 
 %description
 Using this Sphinx domain you can document your HTTP API. It includes support 
 for generating documentation from Flask routing tables.
 
+%if ! (0%{?rhel} >= 6 || 0%{?fedora})
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%endif
+
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{upstream_name}-%{version}
+%if ! (0%{?rhel} >= 7 || 0%{?fedora})
+%patch0 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 %{__python} setup.py build
 
 %install
+%if ! (0%{?rhel} >= 6 || 0%{?fedora})
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%endif
 %{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
 
 %files
@@ -29,5 +52,8 @@ for generating documentation from Flask routing tables.
 %{python_sitelib}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 04 2013 Dan Callaghan <dcallagh@redhat.com> - 1.1.7-2
+- support EPEL5 and EPEL6
+
 * Mon Feb 11 2013 Dan Callaghan <dcallagh@redhat.com> - 1.1.7-1
 - initial version