diff --git a/icinga2.spec b/icinga2.spec
index 3ce7023debc331cbd124969875edc020ae1e4fd1..4b10e47c007ea5c64054368c61346ca80aa71c6e 100644
--- a/icinga2.spec
+++ b/icinga2.spec
@@ -118,8 +118,17 @@ BuildRequires:  libyajl-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  libedit-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+%if "%{_vendor}" == "redhat" && (0%{?el7} || 0%{?rhel} == 7 || "%{?dist}" == ".el7")
+  # Requires devtoolset-11 scl
+  %define scl_name devtoolset-11
+  %define scl_enable scl enable %{scl_name} --
+BuildRequires:  %{scl_name}-binutils
+BuildRequires:  %{scl_name}-gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  %{scl_name}-libstdc++-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libstdc++-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  cmake