diff --git a/wso2-wsf-cpp.spec b/wso2-wsf-cpp.spec
index f5c238f..2a6eb40 100644
--- a/wso2-wsf-cpp.spec
+++ b/wso2-wsf-cpp.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%{!?_httpd_mmn: %{expand: %%global _httpd_mmn %%(cat %{_includedir}/httpd/.mmn || echo missing-httpd-devel)}}
+%{!?_httpd_mmn: %{expand: %%global _httpd_mmn %%(cat %{_includedir}/httpd/.mmn || echo 0-0)}}
 %global pkg_name wso2-wsf-cpp
 %global axis_name wso2-axis2
 %global pkg_ver 2.1.0
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 Name: %{pkg_name}
 Summary: WSO2 Web Services Framework for C++
 Version: %{pkg_ver}
-Release: 16%{?dist}
+Release: 17%{?dist}
 Group: Development/Tools
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: http://wso2.org/library/wsf/cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,9 @@ mv -f %{buildroot}/%{_includedir}/*.h %{buildroot}/%{_includedir}/%{pkg_name}
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 23 2014 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.1.0-17
+- fix _httpd_mmn expansion in absence of httpd-devel
+
 * Sun Aug 04 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.0-16
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild