diff --git a/fish.spec b/fish.spec
index 4cdf45e..0471904 100644
--- a/fish.spec
+++ b/fish.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:                   fish
 Version:                2.2.0
-Release:                5%{?dist}
+Release:                6%{?dist}
 Summary:                A friendly interactive shell
 
 Group:                  System Environment/Shells
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ Source0:                http://fishshell.com/files/%{version}/fish-%{version}.ta
 Patch0:                 fish-use-usrbinpython3.patch
 
 # Pull request #2393, hopefully fixing #2392 / rhbz #1263052
-Patch1:			pr-2393-1.patch
-Patch2:			pr-2393-2.patch
-
-BuildRequires:		python3-devel
+Patch1:                 pr-2393-1.patch
+Patch2:                 pr-2393-2.patch
+
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+BuildRequires:          python34-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:          python3-devel
+%endif
 %global __python %{__python3}
 
 BuildRequires:          ncurses-devel gettext groff doxygen
@@ -31,6 +35,9 @@ nothing to learn or configure.
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p2
 %patch2 -p2
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+%patch3 -p2
+%endif
 
 # This is unused.  If we fiddle with Python versions, its presence will
 # be confusing.
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ rm create_wajig_completions.py
 
 
 %build
-%configure --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}
+%configure --docdir=%{_pkgdocdir}
 make %{?_smp_mflags} all fish_tests
 
 
@@ -55,8 +62,8 @@ gzip %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fish/man/man1/*.1
 rm %{buildroot}/usr/share/pkgconfig/fish.pc
 
 # Install docs from tarball root
-cp README.md %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
-cp CONTRIBUTING.md %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
+cp README.md %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
+cp CONTRIBUTING.md %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
 
 
 %check
@@ -90,10 +97,13 @@ fi
 %{_bindir}/*
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/fish
 %{_datadir}/fish/
-%{_docdir}/%{name}
+%{_pkgdocdir}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 21 2015 Oliver Haessler <oliver@redhat.com> - 2.2.0-6
+- added new patch for EL7 build
+
 * Tue Nov 10 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.0-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/python3.5