diff --git a/htop.spec b/htop.spec
index 7f6a4a1..83ed8fd 100644
--- a/htop.spec
+++ b/htop.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: htop
 Version: 2.2.0
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 Summary: Interactive process viewer
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://hisham.hm/htop/
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ Source0: http://hisham.hm/htop/releases/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 8
+BuildRequires: platform-python
+BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pathfix.py
+%else
 BuildRequires: python
+%endif
 BuildRequires: libtool
 
 %description
@@ -18,6 +23,9 @@ top(1).
 %prep
 %autosetup
 sed -i s#"INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@"#"INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@ -p"# Makefile.in
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 8
+pathfix.py -pni "/usr/libexec/platform-python" scripts/
+%endif
 
 # fix parsing -s on the command line
 # https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/pull/790/commits/9d03d6178c23e6ebd5dd67339466e0a7e0d1d1a8
@@ -48,6 +56,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_mandir}/man1/htop.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 25 2019 Pablo Greco <pgreco@centosproject.org> - 2.2.0-5
+- Fix python deps for epel 8
+
 * Fri Feb 01 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.0-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild