diff --git a/rust-hyperfine.spec b/rust-hyperfine.spec
index ccb95b9..e06bd9c 100644
--- a/rust-hyperfine.spec
+++ b/rust-hyperfine.spec
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 
 %global crate hyperfine
 
+%if 0%{?el8}
+# 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-hyperfine
 Version:        1.14.0
 Release:        %autorelease
@@ -13,12 +20,18 @@ License:        MIT OR Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/hyperfine
 Source0:        %{crates_source}
 Source1:        LICENSE.dependencies
+# vendored dependencies for EPEL
+Source100:      %{crate}-%{version}-vendor.tar.xz
 # Automatically generated patch to strip foreign dependencies
 Patch:          hyperfine-fix-metadata-auto.diff
 
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 
+%if 0%{?el8}
+BuildRequires:  rust-toolset
+%else
 BuildRequires:  rust-packaging >= 21
+%endif
 
 %global _description %{expand:
 Command-line benchmarking tool.}
@@ -59,10 +72,14 @@ License:        MIT AND MPL-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0)
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version_no_tilde} -p1
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
+%if 0%{?el8}
+%cargo_prep -V 100
+%else
 %cargo_prep
 
 %generate_buildrequires
 %cargo_generate_buildrequires
+%endif
 
 %build
 %cargo_build