diff --git a/obs-service-tar_scm.spec b/obs-service-tar_scm.spec
index f089622..0f74032 100644
--- a/obs-service-tar_scm.spec
+++ b/obs-service-tar_scm.spec
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ BuildRequires:  PyYAML
 BuildRequires:  glibc-locale
 BuildRequires:  python-PyYAML
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  python-argparse
-Requires:       python-argparse
-
 BuildRequires:  python-dateutil
 BuildRequires:  python-lxml
 BuildRequires:  python-mock
@@ -59,6 +56,11 @@ BuildRequires:  python-unittest2
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  python >= 2.6
 Requires:       git-core
+
+%if (0%{?fedora_version} && 0%{?fedora_version} < 26) || 0%{?centos} = 6 || 0%{?centos} = 7
+BuildRequires:  python-argparse
+Requires:       python-argparse
+%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1315
 Recommends:     bzr
 Recommends:     mercurial