diff --git a/roles/repo2json/files/rhel_to_json.py b/roles/repo2json/files/rhel_to_json.py
index bfe559e01b..38300cd245 100644
--- a/roles/repo2json/files/rhel_to_json.py
+++ b/roles/repo2json/files/rhel_to_json.py
@@ -208,7 +208,11 @@ def main():
                         output['packages'][pkg.basename]['channel'].append(
                             channel)
                     output['packages'][pkg.basename][
-                           'channels'][channel] = pkg.version
+                           'channels'][channel] = {
+                        'epoch': pkg.epoch,
+                        'version': pkg.version,
+                        'release': pkg.release,
+                    }
 
                     # TODO: checks if the evr is more recent or not
                     # (and update if it is)
@@ -220,7 +224,13 @@ def main():
                         'version': pkg.version,
                         'release': pkg.release,
                         'channel': [channel],
-                        'channels': {channel: pkg.version},
+                        'channels': {
+                            channel: {
+                                'epoch': pkg.epoch,
+                                'version': pkg.version,
+                                'release': pkg.release,
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 cnt += 1
             print '%s packages in %s' % (cnt, cur_fold)