diff --git a/alsa-firmware.changes b/alsa-firmware.changes
index 6fd136c..1b88418 100644
--- a/alsa-firmware.changes
+++ b/alsa-firmware.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 26 13:51:31 CET 2020 - tiwai@suse.de
+
+- Fix build with older distros without %_firmwaredir
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 21 13:04:20 CEST 2020 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/alsa-firmware.spec b/alsa-firmware.spec
index 485f910..45fca05 100644
--- a/alsa-firmware.spec
+++ b/alsa-firmware.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #
 
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
+%define _firmwaredir /lib/firmware
+%endif
+
 Name:           alsa-firmware
 URL:            http://www.alsa-project.org/
 Summary:        Firmware Data Files for ALSA