diff --git a/spacewalk-oscap.spec b/spacewalk-oscap.spec
index ddcac62824..d1a3cc87f8 100644
--- a/spacewalk-oscap.spec
+++ b/spacewalk-oscap.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Name:		spacewalk-oscap
 Version:	2.8.5
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?dist}
 Summary:	OpenSCAP plug-in for rhn-check
 
 License:	GPLv2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ URL:		https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk
 Source0:	https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:	noarch
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
-%if 0%{?rhel}
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
 Requires: openscap-utils
 %else
 Requires:	openscap-scanner
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ make -f Makefile.spacewalk-oscap install PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT PYTHONPATH=%{pyt
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 14 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.5-4
+- require openscap-scanner on newer versions of RHEL (tkasparek@redhat.com)
+
 * Wed Mar 21 2018 Tomas Kasparek <tkasparek@redhat.com> 2.8.5-3
 - build python3 variant of the package (tkasparek@redhat.com)