diff --git a/vigra.spec b/vigra.spec
index 9e2df9e..d42d00a 100644
--- a/vigra.spec
+++ b/vigra.spec
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 Summary:        Generic Programming for Computer Vision
 Name:           vigra
 Version:        1.9.0
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 Source:         http://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
 URL:            http://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/vigra/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel libtiff-devel fftw-devel >= 3
-BuildRequires:  cmake hdf5-devel boost-devel boost-python doxygen python-sphinx numpy-f2py
-BuildRequires:  OpenEXR-devel
+BuildRequires:  cmake boost-devel doxygen
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+BuildRequires:  hdf5-devel python-sphinx numpy-f2py boost-python OpenEXR-devel
+%endif
 
 %description
 VIGRA stands for "Vision with Generic Algorithms". It's a novel computer vision
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ Requires: hdf5-devel boost-devel boost-python numpy-f2py OpenEXR-devel
 The vigra-devel package includes the header files necessary for developing
 programs that use the vigra library.
 
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
 %package python
 Summary: Python interface for the vigra computer vision library
 Requires: vigra = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -37,12 +40,17 @@ Requires: numpy numpy-f2py
 
 %description python
 The vigra-python package provides python bindings for vigra
+%endif
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%cmake . -DWITH_OPENEXR=1 -DWITH_HDF5=1
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+%cmake . -DWITH_OPENEXR=1 -DWITH_HDF5=1 -DWITH_VIGRANUMPY=1 -DWITH_VALGRIND=0
+%else
+%cmake . -DWITH_OPENEXR=0 -DWITH_HDF5=0 -DWITH_VIGRANUMPY=0 -DWITH_VALGRIND=0
+%endif
 make VERBOSE=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 # cleanup
 rm -f doc/vigranumpy/.buildinfo
@@ -76,11 +84,16 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/vigra
 %doc doc/vigra doc/vigranumpy
 
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
 %files python
 %defattr(-, root, root,-)
 %{python_sitearch}/vigra
+%endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 14 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1.9.0-4
+- no hdf5-devel in RHEL-7
+
 * Sat Feb 09 2013 Denis Arnaud <denis.arnaud_fedora@m4x.org> - 1.9.0-3
 - Rebuild for Boost-1.53.0