diff --git a/rpm/sysbench.spec b/rpm/sysbench.spec
index b598664..cde0fdb 100644
--- a/rpm/sysbench.spec
+++ b/rpm/sysbench.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Group:         Applications/System
 Source0:       https://github.com/akopytov/%{name}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL:           https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench/
 
-%if 0%{?el6}
+%if 0%{?rhel} < 7
 BuildRequires: mysql-devel
 %else
 BuildRequires: mariadb-devel
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: libaio-devel
 # Use bundled cram for tests
+%if 0%{?rhel} > 7
+BuildRequires: python2
+%else
 BuildRequires: python
+%endif
 
 ExclusiveArch: %{arm} %{ix86} x86_64 %{mips} aarch64
 
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ make test
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 15 2019 Alexey Bychko <abychko@gmail.com> - 1.0.16-1
+- Updated build dependencies for RHEL8-Beta.
+
 * Sat Jan  6 2018 Alexey Kopytov <akopytov@gmail.com> - 1.0.12-1
 - Remove vim-common from build dependencies.