diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35a0d63..a7c04f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /borgbackup-1.0.0.tar.gz
 /clog
 /borgbackup-1.0.1.tar.gz
+/borgbackup-1.0.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/borgbackup.spec b/borgbackup.spec
index 4bfe7e8..a1f6f47 100644
--- a/borgbackup.spec
+++ b/borgbackup.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 %global srcname borgbackup
 
 Name:           %{srcname}
-Version:        1.0.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.0.2
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption
 
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org
 Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/%{srcname}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+Patch0:         utf8_to_unicode_string_literal.patch
+
 # build
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
@@ -21,8 +23,15 @@ BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-msgpack >= 0.4.6
 
 # docs
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+# pyton3-sphinx packages are not available in epel
+# so we use the old python2
+BuildRequires:  python-sphinx
+BuildRequires:  python-sphinx_rtd_theme
+%else
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-sphinx
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-sphinx_rtd_theme
+%endif
 
 # no python deps
 BuildRequires:  fuse
@@ -39,9 +48,13 @@ BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it
 supports compression and authenticated encryption.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+%setup -n %{srcname}-%{version}
 rm -rf %{srcname}.egg-info
 
+# epel has an old version of sphinx and therefore
+# it needs a patched docs until its fixed upstream
+%patch0 -p1
+
 %build
 %py3_build
 %{__python3} setup.py build_ext --inplace
@@ -49,7 +62,13 @@ rm -rf %{srcname}.egg-info
 # manpage
 %{__python3} setup.py build_usage
 %{__python3} setup.py build_api
+
+
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+make -C docs man
+%else
 make -C docs SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build-3 man
+%endif
 
 %install
 find . -name *.so -type f -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
@@ -71,6 +90,10 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) py.test-3 --pyargs borg.testsuite -vk "not test_non_ascii_acl 
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 16 2016 Benjamin Pereto <benjamin@sandchaschte.ch> - 1.0.2-1
+- added epel7 specific parts
+- make manpage generation work with epel7
+
 * Sat Apr 16 2016 Benjamin Pereto <benjamin@sandchaschte.ch> - 1.0.1-2
 - simplified specfile
 - removed unneeded dependencies: python3-mock, python3-pytest-cov
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 935b5ef..c138e34 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c31c05be72aaa7e7c3ad670424c20ed7  borgbackup-1.0.1.tar.gz
+2b1191981f82160bea45220ac106eb7e  borgbackup-1.0.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/utf8_to_unicode_string_literal.patch b/utf8_to_unicode_string_literal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f182a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utf8_to_unicode_string_literal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/docs/conf.py	2016-04-03 17:16:30.000000000 +0200
++++ b/docs/conf.py	2016-04-17 12:26:06.000000000 +0200
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+ 
+ # General information about the project.
+ project = 'Borg - Deduplicating Archiver'
+-copyright = '2010-2014 Jonas Borgström, 2015-2016 The Borg Collective (see AUTHORS file)'
++copyright = u'2010-2014 Jonas Borgström, 2015-2016 The Borg Collective (see AUTHORS file)'
+ 
+ # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+ # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the