diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 9dea6c6787..013c7742a2 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 %define min_rhel 8
 %define min_fedora 33
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= %{min_fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= %{min_rhel}
+    %define supported_platform 1
+%else
+    %define supported_platform 0
+%endif
+
 %define arches_qemu_kvm         %{ix86} x86_64 %{power64} %{arm} aarch64 s390x
 %if 0%{?rhel}
     %define arches_qemu_kvm     x86_64 aarch64 s390x
@@ -923,9 +929,9 @@ Libvirt plugin for NSS for translating domain names into IP addresses.
 %autosetup -S git_am
 
 %build
-%if (0%{?fedora} && 0%{?fedora} < %{min_fedora}) || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < %{min_rhel})
-    echo "This RPM requires either Fedora >= %{min_fedora} or RHEL >= %{min_rhel}"
-    exit 1
+%if ! %{supported_platform}
+echo "This RPM requires either Fedora >= %{min_fedora} or RHEL >= %{min_rhel}"
+exit 1
 %endif
 
 %if %{with_qemu}
diff --git a/mingw-libvirt.spec.in b/mingw-libvirt.spec.in
index 61a4843fb3..84b8998f74 100644
--- a/mingw-libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/mingw-libvirt.spec.in
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 # or versions, but no effort will be made to ensure that going forward.
 %define min_fedora 33
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} && 0%{?fedora} >= %{min_fedora}
+    %define supported_platform 1
+%else
+    %define supported_platform 0
+%endif
+
 Name:           mingw-libvirt
 Version:        @VERSION@
 Release:        1%{?dist}
@@ -89,9 +95,9 @@ MinGW Windows libvirt virtualization library.
 %setup -q -n libvirt-%{version}
 
 %build
-%if 0%{?fedora} < %{min_fedora}
-    echo "This RPM requires Fedora >= %{min_fedora}"
-    exit 1
+%if ! %{supported_platform}
+echo "This RPM requires Fedora >= %{min_fedora}"
+exit 1
 %endif
 
 %mingw_meson \