diff --git a/egl-wayland.spec b/egl-wayland.spec
index 2d7a81f..6b3187b 100644
--- a/egl-wayland.spec
+++ b/egl-wayland.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Wayland EGL External Platform library development package
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 7
+sed -i -e 's@>= 0.50@>= 0.47@g'  meson.build
+%endif
 
 %build
 %meson