diff --git a/python-humanize.spec b/python-humanize.spec
index 5ff641a..aa534cb 100644
--- a/python-humanize.spec
+++ b/python-humanize.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 %global with_python3 1
 %endif
 
-%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6
+%if 0%{?el6} 
 %{!?__python2: %global __python2 /usr/bin/python2}
+%{!?python2_version: %global python2_version 2.6}
 %{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
 %endif
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-humanize
 Version:        0.5
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Turns dates in to human readable format, e.g '3 minutes ago'
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -79,7 +80,11 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %{__python2} setup.py install --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
+%if ! 0%{?el6}
 %find_lang humanize
+%else
+touch humanize.lang
+%endif
 
 # Remove python3 lang files
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
@@ -101,8 +106,11 @@ popd
 %dir %{python2_sitelib}/humanize
 %{python2_sitelib}/humanize/*.py*
 %{python2_sitelib}/humanize-%{version}-py%{python2_version}.egg-info
+%if ! 0%{?el6}
 %exclude %{_usr}/lib/python*/site-packages/humanize/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.po
-
+%else
+%{python2_sitelib}/humanize/locale
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %files -n python3-humanize -f %{py3dir}/humanize.lang
@@ -115,6 +123,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 14 2014 Steve Traylen <steve.traylen@cern.ch> 0.5-4
+- lang fixes for .el6 target.
+
 * Wed Apr 23 2014 Steve Traylen <steve.traylen@cern.ch> 0.5-3
 - Use __python2 rather than __python throughout. - rhbz#1088882