diff --git a/libseccomp.changes b/libseccomp.changes
index a72c100..60581e3 100644
--- a/libseccomp.changes
+++ b/libseccomp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  9 13:49:55 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not rely on gperf: pass GPERF=/bin/true to configure and
+  remove gperf BuildRequires. The syscalls.perf file it would
+  generate is part of the tarball already.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep  8 15:00:01 UTC 2020 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/libseccomp.spec b/libseccomp.spec
index 903ac7f..c643e7b 100644
--- a/libseccomp.spec
+++ b/libseccomp.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Patch:          testsuite-riscv64-missing-syscalls.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.11
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  gperf
 BuildRequires:  libtool >= 2
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 
@@ -102,7 +101,8 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 %configure \
     --includedir="%_includedir/%name" \
     --disable-static \
-    --disable-silent-rules
+    --disable-silent-rules \
+    GPERF=/bin/true
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install