diff --git a/libffado-2.4.4-scons-quirk.patch b/libffado-2.4.4-scons-quirk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f8a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libffado-2.4.4-scons-quirk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up libffado-2.4.4/SConstruct.scons-quirk libffado-2.4.4/SConstruct
+--- libffado-2.4.4/SConstruct.scons-quirk	2020-08-09 09:29:35.000000000 +0200
++++ libffado-2.4.4/SConstruct	2021-01-05 18:28:40.865754202 +0100
+@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ if not os.path.isdir( "cache" ):
+ if not os.path.isdir( 'cache/objects' ):
+     os.makedirs( 'cache/objects' )
+ 
+-CacheDir( 'cache/objects' )
++# Doesn't work with scons < 3.0.2
++# CacheDir( 'cache/objects' )
+ 
+ opts.Save( 'cache/options.cache', env )
+ 
diff --git a/libffado.spec b/libffado.spec
index 023b3c4..e694c43 100644
--- a/libffado.spec
+++ b/libffado.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+%if ! 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} > 8
+%global needs_scons_quirk 0
+%else
+%global needs_scons_quirk 1
+%endif
+
 Summary:        Free firewire audio driver library
 Name:           libffado
 Version:        2.4.4
@@ -11,6 +17,7 @@ Source0:        http://www.ffado.org/files/%{name}-%{version}.tgz
 Source9:        libffado-snapshot.sh
 Patch0:         libffado-2.4.4-no-test-apps.patch
 Patch1:         libffado-2.4.4-icon-name.patch
+Patch2:         libffado-2.4.4-scons-quirk.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  alsa-lib-devel
 BuildRequires:  dbus-c++-devel
@@ -30,7 +37,11 @@ BuildRequires:  libxml++-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python3-qt5-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+%if ! %needs_scons_quirk
 BuildRequires:  python3-scons >= 3.0.2
+%else
+BuildRequires:  python3-scons
+%endif
 ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x
 Requires:       udev
 
@@ -66,6 +77,9 @@ Applications and utilities for use with libffado.
 %autosetup -N
 %patch0 -p1 -b .no-test-apps
 %patch1 -p1 -b .icon-name
+%if %needs_scons_quirk
+%patch2 -p1 -b .scons-quirk
+%endif
 
 # Fix Python shebangs
 sed -i 's|/usr/bin/.*python$|/usr/bin/python3|' \
@@ -150,6 +164,7 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet \
 %changelog
 * Tue Jan 05 2021 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 2.4.4-2
 - Fix bogus changelog date, happy new year!
+- Fix building on EL8
 
 * Tue Jan 05 2021 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 2.4.4-1
 - Version 2.4.4