diff --git a/liblouis.spec b/liblouis.spec
index 017c203..ea0d394 100644
--- a/liblouis.spec
+++ b/liblouis.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+%if !( 0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} < 7)
 # Turn off the brp-python-bytecompile script
 %global __os_install_post %(echo '%{__os_install_post}' | sed -e 's!/usr/lib[^[:space:]]*/brp-python-bytecompile[[:space:]].*$!!g')
+%endif
+
 
 Name:           liblouis
 Version:        2.5.2
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Braille translation and back-translation library
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
@@ -15,9 +18,11 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  help2man
 BuildRequires:  texinfo-tex
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
-%if !0%{?rhel}
+
+%if !( 0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} < 7)
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 %endif
+
 Requires(post): info
 Requires(preun): info
 
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 This package provides Python 2 language bindings for %{name}.
 
 
-%if !0%{?rhel}
+%if !( 0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} < 7)
 %package python3
 Summary:        Python 3 language bindings for %{name}
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -115,9 +120,10 @@ cd python/louis
 
 install -d %{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}/louis
 install -pm 0644 __init__.py %{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}/louis/
+
+%if !( 0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} < 7)
 %py_byte_compile %{__python} %{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}/louis/
 
-%if !0%{?rhel}
 install -d %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/louis
 install -pm 0644 __init__.py %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/louis/
 %py_byte_compile %{__python3} %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/louis/
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ fi
 %doc python/README
 %{python_sitelib}/louis/
 
-%if !0%{?rhel}
+%if !( 0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} < 7)
 %files python3
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{python3_sitelib}/louis/
@@ -177,8 +183,11 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 15 2013 Martin Gieseking <martin.gieseking@uos.de> 2.5.2-5
+- Restrict exclusion of Python 3 packages to RHEL < 7.
+
 * Mon Apr 15 2013 Rui Matos <rmatos@redhat.com> - 2.5.2-4
-- Don't depend on python3 in RHEL
+- Don't depend on python3 in RHEL.
 
 * Tue Feb 26 2013 Martin Gieseking <martin.gieseking@uos.de> 2.5.2-3
 - Added Python 3 language bindings.