diff --git a/spec2scl/templates/metapackage.spec b/spec2scl/templates/metapackage.spec
index 4a614b1..d5a193e 100644
--- a/spec2scl/templates/metapackage.spec
+++ b/spec2scl/templates/metapackage.spec
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
 %global scl_name_version {{data.meta_version}}
 %global scl %{scl_name_base}%{scl_name_version}
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
+%global brp_python_hardlink /usr/lib/rpm/brp-python-hardlink
+%else
+%global brp_python_hardlink /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-python-hardlink
+%endif
+%if  0%{?rhel} == 6
+%global __os_install_post /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress \
+  %{!?__debug_package:/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip %{__strip}} \
+  /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive %{__strip} \
+  /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note %{__strip} %{__objdump}
+%else
+%global __os_install_post /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress \
+  %{!?__debug_package:/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip %{__strip}} \
+  /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive %{__strip} \
+  /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note %{__strip} %{__objdump} \
+  %{brp_python_hardlink}
+%endif
+
 %scl_package %scl
 
 %global install_scl 1
diff --git a/spec2scl/transformers/generic.py b/spec2scl/transformers/generic.py
index afa738f..5daefc9 100644
--- a/spec2scl/transformers/generic.py
+++ b/spec2scl/transformers/generic.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def __init__(self, options={}):
 
     @matches(r'^', one_line=False, sections=['%header'])
     def insert_scl_init(self, original_spec, pattern, text):
-        scl_init = '%{{?scl:%scl_package {0}}}\n%{{!?scl:%global pkg_name %{{name}}}}'.format(self.get_original_name(original_spec))
+        scl_init = '%{{?scl:%scl_package {0}}}\n%{{!?scl:%global pkg_name %{{name}}}}\n%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7\n%global brp_python_hardlink /usr/lib/rpm/brp-python-hardlink\n%else\n%global brp_python_hardlink /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-python-hardlink\n%endif\n%if  0%{?rhel} == 6\n%global __os_install_post /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress %{!?__debug_package:/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip %{__strip}} /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive %{__strip} /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note %{__strip} %{__objdump}\n%else\n%global __os_install_post /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress %{!?__debug_package:/usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip %{__strip}} /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-static-archive %{__strip} /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note %{__strip} %{__objdump} %{brp_python_hardlink}\n%endif'.format(self.get_original_name(original_spec))
         return '{0}\n\n{1}'.format(scl_init, text)
 
     @matches(r'(?<!d)(Conflicts:\s*)([^\s]+)', sections=settings.METAINFO_SECTIONS)  # avoid BuildConflicts