diff --git a/cairo.changes b/cairo.changes
index 22af8bf..ae7cbed 100644
--- a/cairo.changes
+++ b/cairo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 12 11:18:44 UTC 2017 - msrb@suse.com
+
+- Depend on pkgconfig(gl) and pkgconfig(egl) instead of Mesa-devel.
+  * The pkgconfig(gl) and pkgconfig(egl) are what cairo really
+    needs. Mesa-devel is too general and is a bottleneck in
+    distribution build. (bnc#1071297)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 30 14:35:46 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/cairo.spec b/cairo.spec
index eb4aa47..74773b0 100644
--- a/cairo.spec
+++ b/cairo.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xrender)
 # Do not enable tests in build systems, it causes build loop!
 #BuildRequires:  librsvg-devel poppler-devel
 %if %{build_gl_backend}
-BuildRequires:  Mesa-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(egl)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gl)
 %endif
 %if %{build_xcb_backend}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xcb)