diff --git a/python-ofxparse.spec b/python-ofxparse.spec
index c40529e..af0f079 100644
--- a/python-ofxparse.spec
+++ b/python-ofxparse.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-%{upstream_name}
 Version:        0.18
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python library for working with the OFX (Open Financial Exchange) file format
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://sites.google.com/site/ofxparse
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ accounts also provide account statements in OFX files.
 Summary:        %{summary}
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-%{upstream_name}}
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 27 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python2-nose
 BuildRequires:  python2-beautifulsoup4
@@ -33,6 +34,16 @@ BuildRequires:  python2-lxml
 Requires:       python2-beautifulsoup4
 Requires:       python2-six
 Requires:       python2-lxml
+%else
+BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python-nose
+BuildRequires:  python-beautifulsoup4
+BuildRequires:  python-six
+BuildRequires:  python-lxml
+Requires:       python-beautifulsoup4
+Requires:       python-six
+Requires:       python-lxml
+%endif
 
 %description -n python2-%{upstream_name}
 ofxparse is a parser for Open Financial Exchange (.ofx) format files. OFX files 
@@ -97,6 +108,9 @@ accounts also provide account statements in OFX files.
 %endif # with python3
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 01 2018 Dan Callaghan <dcallagh@redhat.com> - 0.18-2
+- conditionalize Python requirements so they still work in EPEL7
+
 * Wed Aug 01 2018 Dan Callaghan <dcallagh@redhat.com> - 0.18-1
 - upstream release 0.18