diff --git a/src/Commands/Depends.hs b/src/Commands/Depends.hs
index 8894a96..5ae15a0 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Depends.hs
+++ b/src/Commands/Depends.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- Maintainer  :  Jens Petersen <petersen@fedoraproject.org>
 -- Stability   :  alpha
 --
--- Explanation: cabal wrapper which yum installs dependencies
+-- Explanation: determines dependencies
 
 -- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 -- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/src/Commands/Install.hs b/src/Commands/Install.hs
index 6416633..fb81143 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Install.hs
+++ b/src/Commands/Install.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 -- Stability   :  alpha
 -- Portability :  portable
 --
--- Explanation: cabal wrapper which yum installs dependencies
+-- Explanation: cabal wrapper which installs rpm dependencies
 
 -- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 -- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import Commands.RpmBuild (rpmBuild)
 import Dependencies (missingPackages, notInstalled)
 import PackageUtils (PackageData (..), RpmStage (..), stripPkgDevel)
 import Setup (RpmFlags (..))
-import SysCmd (cmd, cmd_, sudo, yumInstall, (+-+))
+import SysCmd (cmd, cmd_, pkgInstall, rpmInstall, (+-+))
 
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 import Control.Monad (unless, when)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ install pkgdata flags = do
   let pkgDesc = packageDesc pkgdata
   missing <- missingPackages pkgDesc
   unless (null missing) $ do
-    yumInstall missing False
+    pkgInstall missing False
     stillMissing <- missingPackages pkgDesc
     unless (null stillMissing) $ do
       putStrLn $ "Missing:" +-+ unwords stillMissing
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ install pkgdata flags = do
   rpmdir <- cmd "rpm" ["--eval", "%{_rpmdir}"]
   rpms <- (map (\ p -> rpmdir </> arch </> p ++ ".rpm") . lines) <$>
           cmd "rpmspec" ["-q", spec]
-  sudo "yum" $ ["-y", "localinstall"] ++ rpms
+  rpmInstall rpms
 
 installMissing :: String -> IO ()
 installMissing pkg = do
diff --git a/src/Commands/RpmBuild.hs b/src/Commands/RpmBuild.hs
index e7b964d..bdc0091 100644
--- a/src/Commands/RpmBuild.hs
+++ b/src/Commands/RpmBuild.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import Dependencies (missingPackages)
 import PackageUtils (copyTarball, isScmDir, PackageData (..), packageName,
                      packageVersion, rpmbuild, RpmStage (..))
 import Setup (RpmFlags (..))
-import SysCmd (cmd, yumInstall, (+-+))
+import SysCmd (cmd, pkgInstall, (+-+))
 
 --import Control.Exception (bracket)
 import Control.Monad    (unless, void, when)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ rpmBuild pkgdata flags stage = do
       name = packageName pkg
   when (stage `elem` [Binary,BuildDep]) $ do
     missing <- missingPackages pkgDesc
-    yumInstall missing (stage == Binary)
+    pkgInstall missing (stage == Binary)
 
   unless (stage == BuildDep) $ do
     srcdir <- cmd "rpm" ["--eval", "%{_sourcedir}"]
diff --git a/src/SysCmd.hs b/src/SysCmd.hs
index 71a05c0..6214cb6 100644
--- a/src/SysCmd.hs
+++ b/src/SysCmd.hs
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ module SysCmd (
   cmdBool,
   cmdQuiet,
   cmdSilent,
+  pkgInstall,
+  rpmInstall,
   trySystem,
   shell,
   sudo,
-  yumInstall,
   (+-+)) where
 
 import Control.Monad    (unless, void, when)
@@ -119,11 +120,20 @@ removeTrailingNewline str =
 s +-+ "" = s
 s +-+ t = s ++ " " ++ t
 
-yumInstall :: [String] -> Bool -> IO ()
-yumInstall [] _ = return ()
-yumInstall pkgs hard = do
+packageManager :: IO String
+packageManager = do
+  havednf <- optionalProgram "dnf"
+  if havednf
+    then return "dnf"
+    else requireProgram "yum" >> return "yum"
+
+pkgInstall :: [String] -> Bool -> IO ()
+pkgInstall [] _ = return ()
+pkgInstall pkgs hard = do
+  pkginstaller <- packageManager
   putStrLn $ "Running repoquery" +-+ unwords pkgs
-  repopkgs <- lines <$> readProcess "repoquery" (["--qf", "%{name}"] ++ pkgs) []
+  let (repoquery, arg) = if pkginstaller == "dnf" then ("dnf", ["repoquery"]) else ("repoquery", [])
+  repopkgs <- lines <$> readProcess repoquery (arg ++ ["--qf", "%{name}"] ++ pkgs) []
   let missing = pkgs \\ repopkgs
   if not (null missing) && hard
     then error $ unwords missing +-+ "not available."
@@ -141,13 +151,18 @@ yumInstall pkgs hard = do
         else do
           havesudo <- optionalProgram "sudo"
           return $ if havesudo then Just "sudo" else Nothing
-      requireProgram "yum"
       let args = map showPkg repopkgs
-      putStrLn $ "Running:" +-+ fromMaybe "" maybeSudo +-+ "yum install" +-+ unwords args
+      putStrLn $ "Running:" +-+ fromMaybe "" maybeSudo +-+ pkginstaller +-+ "install" +-+ unwords args
       let exec = if hard then cmd_ else trySystem
       fedora <- cmd "rpm" ["--eval", "%fedora"]
       let nogpgcheck = ["--nogpgcheck" | fedora `elem` ["21", "22"]]
-      exec (fromMaybe "yum" maybeSudo) $ maybe [] (const "yum") maybeSudo : "install" : args ++ nogpgcheck
+      exec (fromMaybe pkginstaller maybeSudo) $ maybe [] (const pkginstaller) maybeSudo : "install" : args ++ nogpgcheck
 
 showPkg :: String -> String
 showPkg p = if '(' `elem` p then show p else p
+
+rpmInstall :: [String] -> IO ()
+rpmInstall rpms = do
+  pkginstaller <- packageManager
+  let (inst, arg) = if pkginstaller == "dnf" then ("dnf", "install") else ("yum", "localinstall")
+  sudo inst $ ["-y", arg] ++ rpms