diff --git a/ardour4.spec b/ardour4.spec
index 2a6ffc0..a1cee80 100644
--- a/ardour4.spec
+++ b/ardour4.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # glibmm needs --std=c++11 for F-23 and later
-%if %{!?fedora:23}%{?fedora} >= 23
+%if !%{?fedora}%{?rhel} || %{?fedora} >= 23 || %{?rhel} >= 8
 %bcond_without cxx11
 %else
 %bcond_with cxx11
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 Name:       ardour4
 Version:    4.7.0
 
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Release:    3%{?dist}
 Summary:    Digital Audio Workstation
 
 Group:      Applications/Multimedia
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ BuildRequires:  taglib-devel >= 1.4
 BuildRequires:  vamp-plugin-sdk-devel
 
 Requires:       %{name}-audiobackend%{?_isa} = %{?epoch:%{epoch}:}%{version}-%{release}
+%if ! 0%{?fedora}%{?rhel} || %{?fedora} >= 21 || %{?rhel} >= 8
 Recommends:     %{name}-audiobackend-%{default_backend}%{?_isa} = %{?epoch:%{epoch}:}%{version}-%{release}
+%endif
 Requires:       google-droid-sans-mono-fonts
 
 %description
@@ -308,6 +310,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/*/man1/%{name}.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 01 2016 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 4.7.0-3
+- update conditionals and fix building for EPEL (original patch by Phil Wyett)
+
 * Tue Mar 08 2016 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 4.7.0-2
 - determine CPU features correctly on x86 (#1312551, patch by Florian Weimer)