diff --git a/python-mwclient.spec b/python-mwclient.spec
index 01563a7..75f5841 100644
--- a/python-mwclient.spec
+++ b/python-mwclient.spec
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 %global with_python3 1
 %endif
 
+# EPEL 6 compat stuff, per https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL:Packaging
+%{!?__python2: %global __python2 /usr/bin/python2}
+%{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
+%{!?py2_build: %global py2_build %{expand: CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python2} setup.py %{?py_setup_args} build --executable="%{__python2} -s"}}
+%{!?py2_install: %global py2_install %{expand: CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python2} setup.py %{?py_setup_args} install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}}}
+
 %global github_owner    mwclient
 %global github_name     mwclient
 %global github_commit   5fa50d4df1324ef678d58c625314e53bb229c594
@@ -44,6 +50,14 @@ provides access to most API functionality.
 %package -n python2-%{github_name}
 Summary:        %{summary}
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-%{github_name}}
+# EPEL 6 compat, no python_provide there
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+%if %{rhel} < 7
+Provides:       python-%{github_name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes:      python-%{github_name} < %{version}-%{release}
+%endif # if rhel < 7
+%endif # if rhel
+
 Requires:       python-simplejson
 # EL6/7 packages don't provide python2-requests
 Requires:       python-requests
@@ -67,7 +81,9 @@ provides access to most API functionality. This is the Python 3 build of
 %endif # if with_python3
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{github_name}-%{github_commit} -p1
+# autosetup isn't available on epel6 yet
+%setup -q -n %{github_name}-%{github_commit}
+%patch0 -p1 -b .execpy3
 
 
 %build