diff --git a/centos_pkg_dirs b/centos_pkg_dirs
index 1666bd4a2..21b5f20f3 100644
--- a/centos_pkg_dirs
+++ b/centos_pkg_dirs
@@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ requests-toolbelt
 python/python-mechanize
 python/python-html5lib
 python/python-webencodings
+python/python-daemon
diff --git a/centos_srpms_centos.lst b/centos_srpms_centos.lst
index 477ef81e0..a377d014e 100644
--- a/centos_srpms_centos.lst
+++ b/centos_srpms_centos.lst
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ puppet-oslo-11.3.0-1.el7.src.rpm
 puppet-rabbitmq-5.6.0-4.5ac45degit.el7.src.rpm
 puppet-staging-1.0.4-1.b466d93git.el7.src.rpm
 puppet-stdlib-4.18.0-2.el7.src.rpm
+python-daemon-2.2.3-7.el8.src.rpm
 python-docker-3.3.0-1.el7.src.rpm
 python-keyring-5.7.1-1.el7.src.rpm
 python-psycopg2-2.5.1-3.el7.src.rpm
diff --git a/python/python-daemon/centos/build_srpm.data b/python/python-daemon/centos/build_srpm.data
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8aeb55368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/python-daemon/centos/build_srpm.data
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TIS_PATCH_VER=1
diff --git a/python/python-daemon/centos/meta_patches/0001-using-el7-python3-dep-pkgs.patch b/python/python-daemon/centos/meta_patches/0001-using-el7-python3-dep-pkgs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29238a712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/python-daemon/centos/meta_patches/0001-using-el7-python3-dep-pkgs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+From 1539089bcd70852304a630e56516f21645d94484 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: SidneyAn <ran1.an@intel.com>
+Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 06:51:41 +0000
+Subject: using el7 python3 dep pkgs
+
+using el7 pkgs as python3 dep instead of el8 ones
+unit tests are also disabled to reduce the python3 deps
+which is not supported by el7
+
+Signed-off-by: SidneyAn <ran1.an@intel.com>
+---
+ SPECS/python-daemon.spec | 16 ++++++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/SPECS/python-daemon.spec b/SPECS/python-daemon.spec
+index 97e1cb2..686228e 100644
+--- a/SPECS/python-daemon.spec
++++ b/SPECS/python-daemon.spec
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ %{?python_enable_dependency_generator}
+ Name:           python-daemon
+ Version:        2.2.3
+-Release:        7%{?dist}
++Release:        7.el7%{?_tis_dist}.%{tis_patch_ver}
+ Summary:        Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process
+ 
+ # Some build scripts and test franework are licensed GPLv3+ but htose aren't shipped
+@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Patch1:         0001-Mock-the-.__class__-attribute-so-tests-pass-in-py2.patch
+ 
+ BuildArch:      noarch
+ BuildRequires:  python3-devel, python3-setuptools
+-BuildRequires:  python3-testscenarios
+-BuildRequires:  python3-docutils
++#BuildRequires:  python3-testscenarios
++BuildRequires:  python36-docutils
+ BuildRequires:  python3-lockfile
+-BuildRequires:  python3-mock
+-BuildRequires:  python3-testtools
++BuildRequires:  python36-mock
++#BuildRequires:  python3-testtools
+ 
+ %global _description\
+ This library implements the well-behaved daemon specification of PEP 3143,\
+@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ This is the python2 version of the library.
+ %package -n python3-daemon
+ Summary:        Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process
+ Requires:       python3-lockfile
+-Requires:       python3-docutils
+-%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-daemon}
++Requires:       python36-docutils
++%{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-daemon}
+ 
+ %description -n python3-daemon %_description
+ 
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/tests
+ 
+ # Test suite requires minimock and lockfile
+ %check
+-PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) %{__python3} -m unittest discover
++#PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) %{__python3} -m unittest discover
+ 
+ %files -n python3-daemon
+ %license LICENSE.ASF-2
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/python/python-daemon/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER b/python/python-daemon/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dba6bc4b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/python-daemon/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0001-using-el7-python3-dep-pkgs.patch
diff --git a/python/python-daemon/centos/srpm_path b/python/python-daemon/centos/srpm_path
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b37e0b69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/python-daemon/centos/srpm_path
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mirror:Source/python-daemon-2.2.3-7.el8.src.rpm