diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e5eb1b330fb..1548f36829e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS_ID)-$(OS_VERSION_ID),fedora-25)
 	RPM_DEPENDS += python-devel
 	RPM_DEPENDS += python2-virtualenv
 	RPM_DEPENDS_GROUPS = 'C Development Tools and Libraries'
-else ifeq ($(shell if [ "$(OS_VERSION_ID)" -gt "25" ] ; then echo "y" ; fi),"y")
+else ifeq ($(shell if [ $(echo "$(OS_VERSION_ID) > 25" | bc) -eq 1 ] ; then echo "y" ; fi),"y")
 	RPM_DEPENDS += python2-devel
 	RPM_DEPENDS += python2-virtualenv
 	RPM_DEPENDS_GROUPS = 'C Development Tools and Libraries'