diff --git a/cyrus-imapd.cvt_cyrusdb_all b/cyrus-imapd.cvt_cyrusdb_all
index a62a069..5a5227d 100644
--- a/cyrus-imapd.cvt_cyrusdb_all
+++ b/cyrus-imapd.cvt_cyrusdb_all
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ PIDFILE=/var/run/cyrus-master${INSTANCE}.pid
 CYRUSCONF=/etc/cyrus${INSTANCE}.conf
 IMAPDCONF=/etc/imapd${INSTANCE}.conf
 
-#only for Fedora 15:
-export PATH="/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/libdb-utils/:$PATH"
-
 # make sure what we have is a valid instance
 # and that config files are present
 if [ -n "$INSTANCE" ]; then
diff --git a/cyrus-imapd.spec b/cyrus-imapd.spec
index d39baa3..2d63f0c 100644
--- a/cyrus-imapd.spec
+++ b/cyrus-imapd.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: cyrus-imapd
 Version: 2.4.12
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 
 %define ssl_pem_file %{_sysconfdir}/pki/%{name}/%{name}.pem
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Source11: README.rpm
 Source12: cyrus-imapd.service
 Source13: cyr_systemd_helper
 
-
+%if %{?rhel}0 < 7
 #temporary(Fedora 15 and 16), to workaround broken update of db4->libdb in sendmail->cyrus-sasl->%{name}
 #ok, we need libdb-utils, but it can't be installed, because it conflicts with db4-utils (rpm pulls it in)
 #so we keep libdb-utils content in /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/libdb-utils/ but we have to get it somehow during build process
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Source13: cyr_systemd_helper
 #and yumdownloader,koji download,lftp,wget... nothing works in mock build
 Source101: libdb-utils.i386.cpio
 Source102: libdb-utils.x86_64.cpio
+%else
+Requires: libdb-utils
+%endif
 
 # inclusion requested:
 # http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3182
@@ -200,6 +203,8 @@ make -C notifyd notifytest
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
+
+%if %{?rhel}0 < 7
 #temporary, install our own copy of libdb-utils
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_cyrexecdir}/libdb-utils/
 cp %{_sourcedir}/libdb-utils.%{_arch}.cpio %{buildroot}/%{_cyrexecdir}/libdb-utils/
@@ -208,6 +213,7 @@ cpio -idv '*/usr/bin/*' <libdb-utils.%{_arch}.cpio
 mv usr/bin/* .
 rm -rf usr
 popd
+%endif
 
 # This is needed to install the perl files correctly
 pushd perl/imap
@@ -243,6 +249,9 @@ install -d \
 
 # Install additional files
 install -m 755 %{SOURCE8}   %{buildroot}%{_cyrexecdir}/cvt_cyrusdb_all
+%if %{?rhel}0 < 7
+sed -i '2i export PATH="/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/libdb-utils/:$PATH"' %{buildroot}%{_cyrexecdir}/cvt_cyrusdb_all
+%endif
 install -m 644 %{SOURCE9}   %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/rpm/magic
 install -p -m 644 master/conf/prefork.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/cyrus.conf
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE2}    %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/imapd.conf
@@ -389,7 +398,11 @@ fi
 %{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/%{name}
 /lib/systemd/system/cyrus-imapd.service
 %dir %{_cyrexecdir}
+
+%if %{?rhel}0 < 7
 %{_cyrexecdir}/libdb-utils
+%endif
+
 %{_cyrexecdir}/cyr_systemd_helper
 %{_cyrexecdir}/arbitron
 %{_cyrexecdir}/arbitronsort.pl
@@ -509,6 +522,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 25 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 2.4.12-3
+- make this spec compatible with epel
+
 * Wed Nov 23 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 2.4.12-2
 - reduce noisy logging, add option to turn on LOG_DEBUG syslog 
   messages again (thanks Philip Prindeville) (#754940)