diff --git a/petsc.spec b/petsc.spec
index 7366ca4..e3e74ef 100644
--- a/petsc.spec
+++ b/petsc.spec
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ find src/benchmarks/streams -name '*.py' | xargs sed -i '1s|^#!/usr/bin/env pyth
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 %patch4 -R -p1
 %endif
+%if 0%{?fedora} && 0%{?fedora} < 29
+%patch4 -R -p1
+%endif
 popd
 
 %if %{with arch64}