diff --git a/epel-rpm-macros.spec b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
index 679c0d3..0f78862 100644
--- a/epel-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           epel-rpm-macros
 Version:        6
-Release:        3
+Release:        4
 Summary:        Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux RPM macros
 
 Group:          System Environment/Base
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE0} \
 /etc/rpm/macros.zzz-epel
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 09 2016 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu> - 6-4
+- Guard against issues with the %%scl_debug macro.
+
 * Mon Jan 25 2016 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu> - 6-3
 - Try defining %%license a different (and much simpler) way.
 
diff --git a/macros.zzz-epel b/macros.zzz-epel
index ee25c07..4a7c168 100644
--- a/macros.zzz-epel
+++ b/macros.zzz-epel
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
 # This file is named such that it appears alphabetically after other macro
 # files in /etc/rpm.
 
-# This macro defines %license to work like %doc.  It hangs off of a
-# redefinition of %description.  It's not possible to have a simple definition
+# This macro defines %%license to work like %%doc.  It hangs off of a
+# redefinition of %%description.  It's not possible to have a simple definition
 # because RPM will overwrite %license as soon as it parses a License: tag.
-
-# Ideally this should happen as late as possible, but it seems there are troubles
-# with some other sets of macros if we use %files, so try doing it earlier.
-%description %{lua:
+#
+# There are bugs in the SCL macros which cause them to interact poorly with
+# previous attempts at this macro.  The current implementation is guarded so as
+# to not call into lua (and not do the %%license magic) if the %%scl_debug macro
+# is present.
+#
+# Note that this is ugly because we have to be very careful of whitespace
+# outside of lua.
+%description %{?scl_debug:%%description}%{!?scl_debug:%{lua:
     rpm.define("license %doc")
     print("%description")
-}
+}}
 
 # Add nodejs_arches - in redhat-rpm-config in EL7
 %nodejs_arches %{ix86} x86_64 %{arm}