diff --git a/maxscale.spec b/maxscale.spec
index 3d738d354..e996c7427 100644
--- a/maxscale.spec
+++ b/maxscale.spec
@@ -18,10 +18,16 @@ Group:                  Development/Tools
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires: gcc gcc-c++ ncurses-devel bison glibc-devel cmake libgcc_s1 perl make libtool libopenssl-devel libaio libaio-devel mariadb libedit-devel
 %else
-BuildRequires: gcc gcc-c++ ncurses-devel bison glibc-devel cmake libgcc perl make libtool openssl-devel libaio libaio-devel MariaDB-devel MariaDB-server
+BuildRequires: gcc gcc-c++ ncurses-devel bison glibc-devel cmake libgcc perl make libtool openssl-devel libaio libaio-devel
 %if 0%{?rhel}  == 6
 BuildRequires: libedit-devel
 %endif
+%if 0%{?rhel}  == 7
+BuildRequires: mariadb-devel mariadb-embedded-devel libedit-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires: MariaDB-devel MariaDB-server
+%endif
+%endif
 %endif
 
 %description