diff --git a/python-requests.changes b/python-requests.changes
index 1d1b899..3e8960b 100644
--- a/python-requests.changes
+++ b/python-requests.changes
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Fri Jul 24 08:52:50 UTC 2015 - hvogel@suse.com
   - Handle UnicodeDecodeErrors
   - Copy a PreparedRequest's CookieJar more reliably
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 24 14:45:44 UTC 2015 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- fix version condition to allow RHEL/CentOS 7 builds
+
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 Tue Jun 30 08:39:24 UTC 2015 - lnussel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index b79cf7b..275dcf5 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Features:
 %setup -q -n requests-%{version}
 # For rpmlint warning: remove shebang from python library:
 sed -i '/^#!/d' ./requests/certs.py
-%if %suse_version > 1110
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110 || 0%{?rhel} > 6
 %patch0 -p1
 %else
 %patch1 -p1