diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 109ed6d4258..a9b4d9ab961 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DEB_DEPENDS += libconfuse-dev git-review exuberant-ctags cscope
 
 RPM_DEPENDS_GROUPS = 'Development Tools'
 RPM_DEPENDS  = redhat-lsb glibc-static java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
-RPM_DEPENDS += openssl-devel epel-release apr-devel
+RPM_DEPENDS += openssl-devel https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm apr-devel
 EPEL_DEPENDS = libconfuse-devel ganglia-devel
 
 ifneq ("$(wildcard $(STARTUP_DIR)/startup.conf),"")