diff --git a/easybuild/framework/easyblock.py b/easybuild/framework/easyblock.py
index d731c20f83..f0a6e81c50 100644
--- a/easybuild/framework/easyblock.py
+++ b/easybuild/framework/easyblock.py
@@ -1447,9 +1447,11 @@ def package_step(self):
         """Package software (e.g. into an RPM)."""
         rpmname = "nxprog-%s-%s" % (self.name, self.version)
         os.chdir("/tmp")
-        deplist=""
-        deplist+=" ".join(["--dependency " + i for i in (map(">".join, [(self.toolchain.name, self.toolchain.version)]))])
-        deplist+=" ".join(["--dependency " + i for i in (map(lambda x:x["name"] + ">" + x["version"], self.cfg.dependencies()))])
+        toolchaindep = "=".join([self.toolchain.name, self.toolchain.version])
+        deplist = " ".join(["--dependency", toolchaindep])
+        deplist += " ".join(["--dependency" + i 
+            for i in (map(lambda x:x["name"] + "=" + x["version"], self.cfg.dependencies()))
+        ])
         cmd = "fpm --workdir /tmp -t rpm -n %s -s dir %s %s" % (rpmname, deplist, self.installdir)
         (out, _) = run_cmd(cmd, log_all=True, simple=False)
 
@@ -1811,8 +1813,6 @@ def prepare_step_spec(initial):
 
         return steps
 
-
-
     def run_all_steps(self, run_test_cases):
         """
         Build and install this software.