diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec

index a15765a..0af4e85 100755

--- a/cpanspec

+++ b/cpanspec

@@ -490,11 +490,17 @@ sub check_rpm($) {

 sub check_repo($) {

     my $dep=shift;

-    my $repoquery="/usr/bin/repoquery";

-    return undef if (!-x $repoquery);

+    my ($repoquery, $repoqueryopts);

+    if (-x ($repoquery = '/usr/bin/dnf')) {

+        $repoqueryopts = "whatprovides '${dep}'"

+    } elsif (-x ($repoquery = '/usr/bin/repoquery')) {

+        $repoqueryopts = "--whatprovides '${dep}'"

+    } else {

+        return undef

+    }

     verbose("Running $repoquery to check for $dep.  This may take a while...");

-    my @out=`$repoquery --whatprovides "$dep"`;

+    my @out=`$repoquery $repoqueryopts 2>/dev/null`;

     if ($? != 0) {

         #warn "backtick (repoquery) failed with return value $?";