diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index befd9937..bac9ebfd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
-requires=h5py pyresample numexpr pyhdf mipp
+requires=h5py pyresample python2-numexpr pyhdf mipp
 release=1
 doc_files = doc/Makefile doc/source/*.rst doc/examples/*.py
-