diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d776cd4..71b4969 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /pleaser-0.4.1.crate
 /pleaser-0.5.0.crate
+/pleaser-0.5.0-vendor.tar.gz
diff --git a/rust-pleaser.spec b/rust-pleaser.spec
index 7c605a5..9a181bb 100644
--- a/rust-pleaser.spec
+++ b/rust-pleaser.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 # Generated by rust2rpm 16
 %bcond_without check
 
+%global __cargo_skip_build 0
 %global crate pleaser
 
+%if 0%{?el8}
+# disabling this as it chokes on the vendored dependencies
+%undefine __brp_mangle_shebangs
+# el8 doesn't have these macros
+%global __crates_url https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/
+%global crates_source %{__crates_url}%{crate}/%{version}/download#/%{crate}-%{version}.crate
+%global version_no_tilde %{version}
+%endif
+
 Name:           rust-%{crate}
 Version:        0.5.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
@@ -11,17 +21,27 @@ Summary:        Please, a polite regex-first sudo alternative
 # Upstream license specification: GPL-3.0-or-later
 License:        GPLv3+
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/pleaser
-Source:         %{crates_source}
+
+Source0:         %{crates_source}
+Source1:         %{crate}-%{version}-vendor.tar.gz
+
+%if ! 0%{?el8}
+# Patch nix dependency to >= 0.19 as upstream bumped
+Patch0: pleaser-fix-metadata.diff
+%endif
 
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 %if %{__cargo_skip_build}
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
 
-# Patch nix dep to >= 0.19
-Patch0: pleaser-fix-metadata.diff
-
+%if 0%{?el8}
+BuildRequires:  rust-toolset
+BuildRequires:  sed
+BuildRequires:  pam-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires:  rust-packaging
+%endif
 
 %global _description %{expand:
 Please, a polite regex-first sudo alternative.}
@@ -57,7 +77,10 @@ which use "%{crate}" crate.
 %files          devel
 %doc README.md
 %license LICENSE
+
+%if ! 0%{?el8}
 %{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version_no_tilde}/
+%endif
 
 %package     -n %{name}+default-devel
 Summary:        %{summary}
@@ -69,14 +92,26 @@ This package contains library source intended for building other packages
 which use "default" feature of "%{crate}" crate.
 
 %files       -n %{name}+default-devel
+%if ! 0%{?el8}
 %ghost %{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version_no_tilde}/Cargo.toml
+%endif
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version_no_tilde} -p1
+%if 0%{?el8}
+%cargo_prep -V 1
+%ifarch s390x
+# drop opt-level generation to fix s390x OOM problems
+sed -i 's/opt-level=3/opt-level=1/' .cargo/config
+%endif
+%else
 %cargo_prep
+%endif
 
+%if 0%{?fedora}
 %generate_buildrequires
 %cargo_generate_buildrequires
+%endif
 
 %build
 %cargo_build
@@ -116,6 +151,9 @@ EOF
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 23 2021 ed neville <ed@s5h.net> - 0.5.0-1
+- EPEL8 sections
+
 * Fri Jul 23 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d83129a..78b8d78 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+SHA512 (pleaser-0.5.0-vendor.tar.gz) = f4641379d55abfe4509e8b42d7a59c9893a19603228fad473d4b02085ab4763197b8a8514fa1200dbec34f43f6371feff27bd9c2e3d6663aa50b7e4677d5d665
 SHA512 (pleaser-0.5.0.crate) = b85faeb8cad2258edf9e2b5470aa0b16cf505bc5eb91c43ab47e8c3e6cc3100e1921b99fd64ab1ec726f92ddc6ccfcb4c6b8c9915688b03753967b44ac4bee2f