diff --git a/PyJWT-1.1.0.diff b/PyJWT-1.1.0.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c21e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PyJWT-1.1.0.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 2586c2a..dee928c 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -78,6 +78,5 @@ setup(
+         'Topic :: Utilities',
+     ],
+     test_suite='tests',
+-    tests_require=['pytest', 'pytest-cov'],
+     cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
+ )
diff --git a/python-PyJWT.changes b/python-PyJWT.changes
index 720d102..6776d23 100644
--- a/python-PyJWT.changes
+++ b/python-PyJWT.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 10 09:20:26 UTC 2015 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- apply PyJWT-1.1.0.diff only on RHEL/CentOS
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul  9 16:43:37 UTC 2015 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- fix build on RHEL7, add PyJWT-1.1.0.diff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 22 14:01:31 UTC 2015 - mcihar@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/python-PyJWT.spec b/python-PyJWT.spec
index d720373..fc6798a 100644
--- a/python-PyJWT.spec
+++ b/python-PyJWT.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Summary:        JSON Web Token implementation in Python
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/PyJWT/PyJWT-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-CENTOS PyJWT-1.1.0.diff -- without this, the centos build %%check will try to download stuff from pypi --seife
+Patch1:         PyJWT-1.1.0.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  python-cryptography
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ A Python implementation of JSON Web Token draft 01.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n PyJWT-%{version}
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+%patch1 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 python setup.py build