diff --git a/perl-rpm-build-perl.spec b/perl-rpm-build-perl.spec
index d96d3d8..18080a8 100644
--- a/perl-rpm-build-perl.spec
+++ b/perl-rpm-build-perl.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Url:        http://search.cpan.org/dist/rpm-build-perl
 BuildRoot:  %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n) 
 Requires:   perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
 BuildArch:  noarch
+Patch0:     rpm-build-perl-0.6.8-old.patch
 
 BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) 
 BuildRequires: perl(B)
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ The provides/requires scripts packaged along with perl-rpm-build-perl.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n rpm-build-perl-%{version}
+# not sure if this package really works if R are so old versioned
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor