diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index f4d49dc..8fe926c 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ Please refer to %{name}-server-README.fedora for details!
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .lib64
+# Only Fedora >= 26 needs this patch
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 26
 %patch1 -p1 -b .sip
+%endif
 
 # Remove executable permissions from source code files
 find . \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" \) -type f -perm /111 -execdir chmod -x {} \+