diff --git a/epel-rpm-macros.spec b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
index 59d36d1..5be13e8 100644
--- a/epel-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Requires:       ansible-srpm-macros
 Requires:       go-srpm-macros-epel
 # Provides backport from Fedora's perl-generators related to proposal
 # https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Perl_replace_MODULE_COMPAT_by_generator
-Requires:       perl-generators-epel
+Requires:       (perl-generators-epel if perl-generators)
 
 %description
 This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) RPM