diff --git a/openssl1.1.rpmlintrc b/openssl1.1.rpmlintrc
index 91e6407..4fe6147 100644
--- a/openssl1.1.rpmlintrc
+++ b/openssl1.1.rpmlintrc
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # HTML docs must not be compressed to be usable
 addFilter("W: manpage-not-compressed.*.html")
+# for rpm5 platforms
+addFilter("E: description-line-too-long")
diff --git a/openssl1.1.spec b/openssl1.1.spec
index e9b5057..aba07a8 100644
--- a/openssl1.1.spec
+++ b/openssl1.1.spec
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ BuildRequires:	perl(File::Basename)
 BuildRequires:	perl(FindBin)
 BuildRequires:	perl(Test::Harness)
 BuildRequires:	perl(Test::More)
+%if %{mdvver} <= 201610
+BuildRequires:	perl
+%else
 BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/pod2html
 BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/pod2man
+%endif
 Requires:	%{engines_name} = %{EVRD}
 Requires:	perl-base
 Requires:	rootcerts
@@ -113,7 +117,18 @@ and protocols, including DES, RC4, RSA and SSL.
 cp %{SOURCE4} openssl-thread-test.c
 
 %build
+
+# In rosa2016.1: /usr/bin/ld: crypto/bio/bio_cb.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol
+# `stderr@@GLIBC_2.2.5' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
+%if %{mdvver} <= 201610
+%setup_compile_flags
+# (From openssl rosa2016.1)
+# Add -Wa,--noexecstack here so that libcrypto's assembler modules will be
+# marked as not requiring an executable stack.
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wa,--noexecstack"
+%else
 %serverbuild
+%endif
 
 # Figure out which flags we want to use.
 # default