diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5249aa..b9b03e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sudo yum install gcc kernel-devel elfutils elfutils-devel
 Install the dependencies for the "kpatch-build" command:
 
 ```bash
-sudo yum install rpmdevtools pesign yum-utils openssl
+sudo yum install rpmdevtools pesign yum-utils openssl wget
 sudo yum-builddep kernel
 sudo debuginfo-install kernel
 
diff --git a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
index debac52..3a29a05 100755
--- a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
+++ b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
@@ -313,13 +313,16 @@ else
 		echo "Fedora/Red Hat distribution detected"
 		rpm -q --quiet rpmdevtools || die "rpmdevtools not installed"
 
+		echo "Downloading kernel source for $ARCHVERSION"
 		if [[ -z "$SRCRPM" ]]; then
-			rpm -q --quiet yum-utils || die "yum-utils not installed"
-
-			echo "Downloading kernel source for $ARCHVERSION"
-			yumdownloader --source --destdir "$TEMPDIR" "kernel-$ARCHVERSION" >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 || die
-			SRCRPM="$TEMPDIR/kernel-$KVER-$KREL.src.rpm"
+			if [[ $DISTRO = fedora ]]; then
+				(cd $TEMPDIR && wget http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/$KVER/$KREL/src/kernel-$KVER-$KREL.src.rpm >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 || die)
+			else
+				rpm -q --quiet yum-utils || die "yum-utils not installed"
+				yumdownloader --source --destdir "$TEMPDIR" "kernel-$ARCHVERSION" >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 || die
+			fi
 		fi
+		SRCRPM="$TEMPDIR/kernel-$KVER-$KREL.src.rpm"
 
 		echo "Unpacking kernel source"
 		rpmdev-setuptree >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 || die