diff --git a/atomic.spec b/atomic.spec
index 21cc2da..7f7894b 100644
--- a/atomic.spec
+++ b/atomic.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 %global debug_package %{nil}
+%if 0%{?rhel} != 0 && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
+%global pypkg python
+%global pysitelib %{python_sitelib}
+%global __python %{__python2}
+%else
+%global pypkg python3
+%global pysitelib %{python3_sitelib}
 %global __python %{__python3}
+%global pylint python3-pylint
+%endif
 
 %global commit 52d695cadae01ecbc6ba2755ad1fdfecc3a8e252
 %global shortcommit %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
@@ -13,22 +22,29 @@ URL:        https://github.com/projectatomic/atomic
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64
 Source0:    https://github.com/projectatomic/%{name}/archive/%{commit}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-pylint
-BuildRequires:  python3-requests
-BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
-BuildRequires:  python3-tools
+BuildRequires:  %{pypkg}-devel
+%if 0%{?rhel} != 0 && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
+%else
+BuildRequires:  %{pypkg}-pylint
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  %{pypkg}-requests
+BuildRequires:  %{pypkg}-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  %{pypkg}-tools
 BuildRequires:  go-md2man
-BuildRequires:  docker
+%if 0%{?rhel} != 0 && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
+BuildRequires: docker-python
+%else
+BuildRequires:  %{pypkg}-docker-py
+%endif
 
 Requires:   dbus
 Requires:   docker
 Requires:   polkit
 Requires:   setup
-Requires:   python3-requests
-Requires:   python3-docker-py
-Requires:   python3-websocket-client >= 0.11.0
-Requires:   python3-six >= 1.3.0
+Requires:   %{pypkg}-requests
+Requires:   %{pypkg}-docker-py
+Requires:   %{pypkg}-websocket-client >= 0.11.0
+Requires:   %{pypkg}-six >= 1.3.0
 
 
 %description
@@ -46,20 +62,20 @@ management.
 %setup -qn %{name}-%{commit}
 
 %build
-make PYTHON=%{__python3} PYLINT=python3-pylint all
+make PYTHON=%{__python} PYLINT=%{?pylint} all
 
 %install
-make PYTHON=%{__python3} PYLINT=python3-pylint install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+make PYTHON=%{__python} PYLINT=%{?pylint} install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 
 %check
-[ ! -w /run/docker.sock ] || make PYTHON=%{__python3} test
+[ ! -w /run/docker.sock ] || make PYTHON=%{__python} test
 
 %files
 %doc COPYING README.md
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/org.%{name}.conf
-%{python3_sitelib}/Atomic
-%{python3_sitelib}/%{name}*.egg-info
+%{pysitelib}/Atomic
+%{pysitelib}/%{name}*.egg-info
 %{_sysconfdir}/profile.d/%{name}.sh
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}