diff --git a/beakerlib.spec b/beakerlib.spec
index 840ade7..b81fb62 100644
--- a/beakerlib.spec
+++ b/beakerlib.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 Name:       beakerlib
 Summary:    A shell-level integration testing library
 Version:    1.17
-Release:    16%{?dist}
+Release:    19%{?dist}
 License:    GPLv2
 Group:      Development/Libraries
 BuildArch:  noarch
 URL:        https://github.com/%{name}
+Autoreq:    0
 Requires:   nfs-utils
-Requires:   python3
+Requires:   /bin/bash
+Requires:   /bin/sh
+Recommends: /usr/bin/python3
+Recommends: /usr/bin/perl
 Requires:   grep
 Requires:   sed
 Requires:   net-tools
@@ -16,7 +20,8 @@ Requires:   tar
 Requires:   gzip
 Requires:   util-linux
 Requires:   which
-Requires:   wget
+Requires:   (wget or curl)
+Suggests:   wget
 Recommends: python3-lxml
 Recommends: xmllint
 Conflicts:  beakerlib-redhat < 1-30
@@ -28,25 +33,32 @@ BuildRequires: util-linux
 Source0:    https://github.com/beakerlib/beakerlib/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:    %{name}-tmpfiles.conf
 
-Patch0: test-built-time.patch
-Patch1: result-file.patch
-Patch2: ifs-issue.patch
-Patch3: journaling-fixes.patch
-Patch4: get-text-journal-size.patch
-Patch5: var-TEST.patch
-Patch6: reduce-meta.patch
-Patch7: enable-nested-phases.patch
-Patch8: debug-to-console.patch
-Patch9: phase-names-sanitization.patch
-Patch10: reboot-in-phase.patch
-Patch11: rxvt-terminals-coloring.patch
-Patch12: persistent-data-load.patch
-Patch13: final-summary-in-rlJournalEnd.patch
-Patch14: extended-coloring-capabilities.patch
-Patch15: unified-footer.patch
-Patch16: rlRun-output.patch
-Patch17: python2.patch
-Patch18: python3.patch
+Patch0: bugzilla-links.patch
+Patch1: test-built-time.patch
+Patch2: result-file.patch
+Patch3: ifs-issue.patch
+Patch4: journaling-fixes.patch
+Patch5: get-text-journal-size.patch
+Patch6: var-TEST.patch
+Patch7: reduce-meta.patch
+Patch8: enable-nested-phases.patch
+Patch9: debug-to-console.patch
+Patch10: phase-names-sanitization.patch
+Patch11: reboot-in-phase.patch
+Patch12: rxvt-terminals-coloring.patch
+Patch13: persistent-data-load.patch
+Patch14: final-summary-in-rlJournalEnd.patch
+Patch15: extended-coloring-capabilities.patch
+Patch16: unified-footer.patch
+Patch17: rlRun-output.patch
+Patch18: python2.patch
+Patch19: python3.patch
+Patch20: srpm-fetch.patch
+Patch21: journalling-import-check.patch
+Patch22: handle-missing-python.patch
+Patch23: wget2curl-fallback.patch
+Patch24: platform-python.patch
+Patch25: meta-format-fix.patch
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
@@ -67,6 +79,7 @@ The BeakerLib project means to provide a library of various helpers, which
 could be used when writing operating system level integration tests.
 
 %files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/xslt-templates
 %dir %{_pkgdocdir}
@@ -94,6 +107,16 @@ Files for syntax highlighting BeakerLib tests in VIM editor
 %{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles/after/syntax/beakerlib.vim
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 25 2018 Dalibor Pospisil <dapospis@redhat.com> - 1.17-19
+- fixed meta file generation
+- follow url redirection when using curl
+- fixed checking for python interpreter
+- weak dependency on python3
+- handling of missing python
+- fixed srpm fetching
+- fallback to curl if wget is not available
+- changed requirements structure
+
 * Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.17-16
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/bugzilla-links.patch b/bugzilla-links.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0053eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bugzilla-links.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/src/beakerlib.sh b/src/beakerlib.sh
+index 3355fa4..ceafc44 100644
+--- a/src/beakerlib.sh
++++ b/src/beakerlib.sh
+@@ -274,10 +274,14 @@ https://github.com/beakerlib/beakerlib/wiki/man
+ 
+ =item Issues list
+ 
++https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=beakerlib&&order=bug_status%2Cassigned_to%2Cpriority
++
+ https://github.com/beakerlib/beakerlib/issues
+ 
+ =item Reporting issues
+ 
++https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&component=beakerlib
++
+ https://github.com/beakerlib/beakerlib/issues/new
+ 
+ =back
diff --git a/handle-missing-python.patch b/handle-missing-python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01f67b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handle-missing-python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+diff -u b/src/journal.sh b/src/journal.sh
+--- b/src/journal.sh
++++ b/src/journal.sh
+@@ -283,8 +297,25 @@
+ #=cut
+
+ __INTERNAL_JournalXMLCreate() {
+-    [[ "$BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL" == "0" ]] || $__INTERNAL_JOURNALIST $__INTERNAL_XSLT --metafile \
+-    "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_METAFILE" --journal "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL"
++    local res=0
++    [[ "$BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL" == "0" ]] || {
++      if which python &> /dev/null; then
++        $__INTERNAL_JOURNALIST $__INTERNAL_XSLT --metafile \
++          "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_METAFILE" --journal "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL"
++        res=$?
++        if [[ $res -eq 2 ]]; then
++          rlLogError "cannot create journal.xml due to missing some python module"
++        elif [[ $res -eq 3 ]]; then
++          rlLogError "cannot create journal.xml due to missing python lxml module"
++        elif [[ $res -ne 0 ]]; then
++          rlLogError "journal.xml creation failed!"
++        fi
++      else
++        rlLogError "cannot create journal.xml due to missing python interpreter"
++        let res++
++      fi
++    }
++    return $res
+ }
+
+
+diff -u b/src/python/journalling.py b/src/python/journalling.py
+--- b/src/python/journalling.py
++++ b/src/python/journalling.py
+@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@
+     import six
+     import time
+     import base64
+-    from lxml import etree
+     from optparse import OptionParser
+ except ImportError as e:
+     sys.stderr.write("Python ImportError: " + str(e) + "\nExiting unsuccessfully.\n")
+-    exit(1)
++    exit(2)
++try:
++    from lxml import etree
++except ImportError as e:
++    sys.stderr.write("Python ImportError: " + str(e) + "\nExiting unsuccessfully.\n")
++    exit(3)
+
+
+ xmlForbidden = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
diff --git a/journalling-import-check.patch b/journalling-import-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..520e305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/journalling-import-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From 59f7e0b123fc9789538f610a89d350d76c35106b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jakub Heger <jheger@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:37:49 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/4] journalling: try import
+
+imports are now in try block, exceptions cause unsuccessful exit with
+error message printed
+---
+ src/python/journalling.py | 20 ++++++++++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/python/journalling.py b/src/python/journalling.py
+index 220d5d2..7a65d78 100755
+--- a/src/python/journalling.py
++++ b/src/python/journalling.py
+@@ -23,14 +23,18 @@
+ # TODO fix xml pretty print
+
+
+-import os
+-import re
+-import sys
+-import six
+-import time
+-import base64
+-from lxml import etree
+-from optparse import OptionParser
++try:
++    import os
++    import re
++    import sys
++    import six
++    import time
++    import base64
++    from lxml import etree
++    from optparse import OptionParser
++except ImportError as e:
++    sys.stderr.write("Python ImportError: " + str(e) + "\nExiting unsuccessfully.\n")
++    exit(1)
+
+
+ xmlForbidden = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
+--
+2.17.1
diff --git a/meta-format-fix.patch b/meta-format-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83da732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-format-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -u a/src/journal.sh b/src/journal.sh
+--- a/src/journal.sh
++++ b/src/journal.sh
+@@ -918,13 +918,13 @@
+     while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+       case $1 in
+       --)
+-        line+=" -- \"$(echo -n "$2" | base64 -w 0)\""
++        line+=" -- $(echo -n "$2" | base64 -w 0)"
+         printf -v lineraw "%s -- %q" "$lineraw" "$2"
+         shift 2
+         break
+         ;;
+       --*)
+-        line+=" $1=\"$(echo -n "$2" | base64 -w 0)\""
++        line+=" $1=$(echo -n "$2" | base64 -w 0)"
+         printf -v lineraw "%s %s=%q" "$lineraw" "$1" "$2"
+         shift
+         ;;
+@@ -944,8 +944,8 @@
+
+     printf -v indent '%*s' $__INTERNAL_METAFILE_INDENT_LEVEL
+
+-    line="$indent${element:+$element }--timestamp=\"${__INTERNAL_TIMESTAMP}\"$line"
+-    lineraw="$indent${element:+$element }--timestamp=\"${__INTERNAL_TIMESTAMP}\"$lineraw"
++    line="$indent${element:+$element }--timestamp=${__INTERNAL_TIMESTAMP}$line"
++    lineraw="$indent${element:+$element }--timestamp=${__INTERNAL_TIMESTAMP}$lineraw"
+     [[ -n "$DEBUG" ]] && echo "#${lineraw:1}" >> $__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_METAFILE
+     echo "$line" >> $__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_METAFILE
+ }
diff --git a/platform-python.patch b/platform-python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..033342f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform-python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u a/src/journal.sh b/src/journal.sh
+--- a/src/journal.sh
++++ b/src/journal.sh
+@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
+ __INTERNAL_JournalXMLCreate() {
+     local res=0
+     [[ "$BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL" == "0" ]] || {
+-      if which python &> /dev/null; then
++      if which python3 &> /dev/null; then
+         $__INTERNAL_JOURNALIST $__INTERNAL_XSLT --metafile \
+           "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_METAFILE" --journal "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL"
+         res=$?
diff --git a/srpm-fetch.patch b/srpm-fetch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1176d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srpm-fetch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 24d774fb27375f0848d56603be873937d23209cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Zdenek Zambersky <zzambers@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 16:50:35 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/4] rpms.sh: fixed search url for src rpms
+
+---
+ src/rpms.sh | 7 ++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/rpms.sh b/src/rpms.sh
+index 66d9aa8..878abba 100644
+--- a/src/rpms.sh
++++ b/src/rpms.sh
+@@ -671,7 +671,12 @@ __INTERNAL_rpmGetNextUrl() {
+           ;;
+         koji,nvra.rpm)
+           rlLogDebug "$FUNCNAME(): get rpm info"
+-          local rpm_info=$($__INTERNAL_WGET -O - "$base_url/search?match=exact&type=rpm&terms=$N-$V-$R.$A.rpm")
++          local rpm_info
++          if [[ -n "$source" ]]; then
++            rpm_info=$($__INTERNAL_WGET -O - "$base_url/search?match=exact&type=rpm&terms=$N-$V-$R.src.rpm")
++          else
++            rpm_info=$($__INTERNAL_WGET -O - "$base_url/search?match=exact&type=rpm&terms=$N-$V-$R.$A.rpm")
++          fi
+           [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$rpm_info" ]] && {
+             rlLogError "could not download rpm information"
+             let res++
+--
+2.17.1
diff --git a/wget2curl-fallback.patch b/wget2curl-fallback.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4846026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wget2curl-fallback.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+From 10520de65d10d2ab34329e24144aa922a430b229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dalibor Pospisil <dapospis@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:09:47 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 4/4] use wget or curl for web download
+
+Now there's a fallback to curl if wget is not available.
+Wget has still a preference as it has got better progress printing while
+the output is redirected to a file.
+---
+ src/rpms.sh | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/rpms.sh b/src/rpms.sh
+index 878abba..e51dd4f 100644
+--- a/src/rpms.sh
++++ b/src/rpms.sh
+@@ -630,7 +630,27 @@ __INTERNAL_rpmInitUrl() {
+ }
+
+
+-__INTERNAL_WGET="wget -t 3 -T 180 -w 20 --waitretry=30 --no-check-certificate --progress=dot:giga"
++__INTERNAL_WGET() {
++  local QUIET
++  [[ "$1" == "--quiet" ]] && { QUIET=1; shift; }
++  local URL="$2"
++  local FILE="$1"
++  local res=0
++  if which wget &> /dev/null; then
++    rlLogDebug "$FUNCNAME(): using wget for download"
++    QUIET="${QUIET:+--quiet}"
++    wget $QUIET -t 3 -T 180 -w 20 --waitretry=30 --no-check-certificate --progress=dot:giga -O $FILE $URL || let res++
++  elif which curl &> /dev/null; then
++    rlLogDebug "$FUNCNAME(): using curl for download"
++    QUIET="${QUIET:+--silent}"
++    [[ -t 2 ]] || QUIET="${QUIET:---silent --show-error}"
++    curl $QUIET --location --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 3 --retry-max-time 3600 --retry 3 --connect-timeout 180 --max-time 1800 --insecure -o $FILE "$URL" || let res++
++  else
++    rlLogError "$FUNCNAME(): no tool for downloading web content is available"
++    let res++
++  fi
++  return $res
++}
+
+ # __INTERNAL_rpmGetNextUrl N V R A | --source N V R
+ __INTERNAL_rpmGetNextUrl() {
+@@ -673,9 +695,9 @@ __INTERNAL_rpmGetNextUrl() {
+           rlLogDebug "$FUNCNAME(): get rpm info"
+           local rpm_info
+           if [[ -n "$source" ]]; then
+-            rpm_info=$($__INTERNAL_WGET -O - "$base_url/search?match=exact&type=rpm&terms=$N-$V-$R.src.rpm")
++            rpm_info=$(__INTERNAL_WGET - "$base_url/search?match=exact&type=rpm&terms=$N-$V-$R.src.rpm")
+           else
+-            rpm_info=$($__INTERNAL_WGET -O - "$base_url/search?match=exact&type=rpm&terms=$N-$V-$R.$A.rpm")
++            rpm_info=$(__INTERNAL_WGET - "$base_url/search?match=exact&type=rpm&terms=$N-$V-$R.$A.rpm")
+           fi
+           [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$rpm_info" ]] && {
+             rlLogError "could not download rpm information"
+@@ -692,7 +714,7 @@ __INTERNAL_rpmGetNextUrl() {
+           rlLogDebug "$FUNCNAME(): extracted buildurl='$buildurl'"
+           [[ "$buildurl" =~ http ]] || buildurl="$base_url/$buildurl"
+           rlLogDebug "$FUNCNAME(): using buildurl='$buildurl'"
+-          local buildinfo=$($__INTERNAL_WGET -O - "$buildurl")
++          local buildinfo=$(__INTERNAL_WGET - "$buildurl")
+           [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$buildinfo" ]] && {
+             rlLogError "could not download build information"
+             let res++
+@@ -752,7 +774,7 @@ __INTERNAL_rpmDirectDownload() {
+         url="$__INTERNAL_RETURN_VALUE"; unset __INTERNAL_RETURN_VALUE
+         local pkg=$(basename "$url")
+         rlLog "trying download from '$url'"
+-        if $__INTERNAL_WGET $quiet -O $pkg "$url"; then
++        if __INTERNAL_WGET $quiet $pkg "$url"; then
+             rlLogDebug "$FUNCNAME(): package '$pkg' was successfully downloaded"
+             echo "$pkg"
+             return 0
+--
+2.17.1