diff --git a/yara.spec b/yara.spec
index 7e55a2e..a44083e 100644
--- a/yara.spec
+++ b/yara.spec
@@ -81,12 +81,14 @@ binary patterns. Each description, a.k.a rule, consists of a set of strings
 and a Boolean expression which determine its logic.
 
 
+%if ! ( 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6 )
 %package doc
 Summary:        Documentation for %{name}
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description doc
 This package contains documentation for %{name}.
+%endif
 
 
 %package        devel
@@ -132,10 +134,12 @@ autoreconf --force --install
         --htmldir=%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}/html
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
+%if ! ( 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6 )
 # build the HTML documentation
 pushd docs
 make html
 popd
+%endif
 
 
 %install
@@ -168,10 +172,11 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}/html/.buildinfo
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
 
-
+%if ! ( 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 6 )
 %files doc
 %license COPYING
 %doc docs/_build/html
+%endif
 
 
 %changelog