diff --git a/python-numpy-doc.spec b/python-numpy-doc.spec
index 3c76f5f..2bf2d50 100644
--- a/python-numpy-doc.spec
+++ b/python-numpy-doc.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-numpydoc
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  zip
 BuildRequires:  unzip
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+%endif
 Provides:       python2-numpy-doc = %{version}
 Provides:       python3-numpy-doc = %{version}
 Provides:       python2-numpy-doc-html = %{version}
@@ -84,7 +86,9 @@ popd
 # install the documentation
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/python-numpy/
 cp -r doc/build/html %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/python-numpy/
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/python-numpy/html/
+%endif
 
 
 %files
diff --git a/python-numpy.changes b/python-numpy.changes
index 2263b48..aeac72e 100644
--- a/python-numpy.changes
+++ b/python-numpy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  6 08:15:54 UTC 2017 - manfred99@gmx.ch
+
+- allow building numpy on fedora by making fdupes dependency optional
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr  6 16:44:43 UTC 2017 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-numpy.spec b/python-numpy.spec
index d7f619b..1d62e3f 100644
--- a/python-numpy.spec
+++ b/python-numpy.spec
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ Patch0:         numpy-buildfix.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE numpy-1.9.0-remove-__declspec.patch -- fix for spurious compiler warnings that cause build failure
 Patch1:         numpy-1.9.0-remove-__declspec.patch
 BuildRequires:  blas-devel
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+%endif
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  gcc-fortran
+%else
+BuildRequires:  gcc-gfortran
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  lapack-devel
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -86,7 +92,11 @@ Summary:        Development files for numpy applications
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       blas-devel
-Requires:       gcc-fortran
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
+BuildRequires:  gcc-fortran
+%else
+BuildRequires:  gcc-gfortran
+%endif
 Requires:       lapack-devel
 Requires:       python-devel
 %if %{with openblas}
@@ -113,7 +123,9 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
 %install
 %python_exec setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
 %python_expand rm -rf %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}/numpy/{,core,distutils,f2py,fft,lib,linalg,ma,matrixlib,oldnumeric,polynomial,random,testing}/tests # Don't package testsuite
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{prefix}
+%endif
 
 
 %files %{python_files}