diff --git a/python-anyjson.spec b/python-anyjson.spec
index 5afa041..26a324e 100644
--- a/python-anyjson.spec
+++ b/python-anyjson.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
 Version:        0.3.3
-Release:        25%{?dist}
+Release:        26%{?dist}
 Summary:        %{sum}
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Patch0:         anyjson-python3.patch
 # warning (it's about as alive as half the others), drop jsonlib,
 # jsonlib2 and django.utils.simplejson (which all appear to be dead
 # as doornails)
-%if 0%{fedora} > 25
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 25 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 Patch1:         python-anyjson-update-order-ujson.patch
 %else
 # Just the same, but don't include ujson, as its behaviour pre-2.0
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-nose
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-simplejson
 
-%if 0%{fedora} > 25
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 25 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 BuildRequires:  python3-ujson
 %endif
 
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ provides a uniform API regardless of which JSON implementation is used.
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{srcname}*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 21 2020 Yatin Karel <ykarel@redhat.com> - 0.3.3-26
+- Make anyjson buildable in El8 (#1787123)
+
 * Thu Jan 30 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.3-25
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild