diff --git a/rpm-package/README.md b/rpm-package/README.md
index 1fba9eaad..bbc8e7348 100644
--- a/rpm-package/README.md
+++ b/rpm-package/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Use `install -D -m 0600 -o root -g root /usr/share/jellyfin/jellyfin-sudoers /et
 Finally uncomment JELLYFIN_RESTART_OPT in /etc/sysconfig/jellyfin and restart the service.
 
 ## Database patching
+You may need to install sqlite since CentOS has no `Recommends:` with `yum install sqlite`.
 To fix the paths in the emby database for a migration to jellyfin run the script:
 ```shell
 /usr/share/jellyfin/update-db-paths.sh <path-to-library.db> <path-to-emby-data> <path-to-jellyfin-data>
diff --git a/rpm-package/jellyfin.spec b/rpm-package/jellyfin.spec
index af2f929b1..5cadf779d 100644
--- a/rpm-package/jellyfin.spec
+++ b/rpm-package/jellyfin.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ BuildRequires:  dotnet-sdk-2.2
 Requires:       ffmpeg
 
 # For the update-db-paths.sh script to fix emby paths to jellyfin
-Recommends:     sqlite
+%{?fedora:Recommends: sqlite}
 
 # Fedora has openssl1.1 which is incompatible with dotnet 
 %{?fedora:Requires: compat-openssl10}