diff --git a/nix.spec.in b/nix.spec.in
index e94bcff8..61da404a 100644
--- a/nix.spec.in
+++ b/nix.spec.in
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ done
 
 %post
 chgrp %{nixbld_group} /nix/store
-%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+%if ! 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 # Enable and start Nix worker
 systemctl enable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
 systemctl start  nix-daemon.socket
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ systemctl start  nix-daemon.socket
 %{perl_vendorarch}/*
 %exclude %dir %{perl_vendorarch}/auto/
 %{_prefix}/libexec/*
-%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+%if ! 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service
 %endif