diff --git a/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release b/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
index 92fd22705..ec4bbee0a 100755
--- a/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
+++ b/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-yum install -y http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
+if [[ "rhel7 centos7" =~ "$DISTRO_NAME" ]]; then
+    yum install -y http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
+elif [[ "rhel" =~ "$DISTRO_NAME" ]]; then
+    yum install -y http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
+fi