diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 94b5cd8..2e730ed 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
 %{!?_httpd_apxs: %{expand: %%global _httpd_apxs %%{_sbindir}/apxs}}
-%{!?_httpd_mmn: %{expand: %%global _httpd_mmn %%(cat %{_includedir}/httpd/.mmn 2>/dev/null || echo missing-httpd-devel)}}
+%{!?_httpd_mmn: %{expand: %%global _httpd_mmn %%(cat %{_includedir}/httpd/.mmn 2>/dev/null || echo 0-0)}}
 %{!?_httpd_confdir:    %{expand: %%global _httpd_confdir    %%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d}}
 # /etc/httpd/conf.d with httpd < 2.4 and defined as /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d with httpd >= 2.4
 %{!?_httpd_modconfdir: %{expand: %%global _httpd_modconfdir %%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d}}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 Summary: A Modern Concurrent Version Control System
 Name: subversion
 Version: 1.8.5
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://subversion.apache.org/
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 23 2014 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.8.5-4
+- fix _httpd_mmn expansion in absence of httpd-devel
+
 * Mon Jan  6 2014 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.8.5-3
 - fix permissions of /run/svnserve (#1048422)