diff --git a/cmake.changes b/cmake.changes
index c71f4be..71425d9 100644
--- a/cmake.changes
+++ b/cmake.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 14 23:14:08 UTC 2020 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
+
+- use cmake generics in marcos.cmake
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 20 10:09:57 UTC 2019 - Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
 
diff --git a/cmake.macros b/cmake.macros
index 98aca97..562c110 100644
--- a/cmake.macros
+++ b/cmake.macros
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 %__builder %__make
 %__sourcedir .
 
+%cmake_builder_deps() %{expand:\
+%if "%__builder" == "%__make" \
+BuildRequires: make \
+%else \
+BuildRequires: ninja \
+%endif \
+}
+
 %cmake \
     find %__sourcedir -name CMakeLists.txt \\\
         -exec sed -i -re '/^[[:blank:]]*[sS][eE][tT][[:blank:]]*\\\([[:blank:]]*(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE|CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE|CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX|CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE).*\\\)/{s/^/#IGNORE /}' {} + \
@@ -42,22 +50,14 @@
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DO_STRIP:BOOL=OFF \\\
         -DCMAKE_MODULES_INSTALL_DIR=%{_datadir}/cmake/Modules
 
-%__builder_verbose \
-%if "%__builder" == "%__make" \
-    %{?_make_output_sync} VERBOSE=1 \\\
-%else \
-    -v \\\
-%endif \
-%{nil}
-
-%cmake_build %__builder \\%__builder_verbose %{?_smp_mflags}
+%cmake_build %__cmake --build . --verbose %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %make_jobs \
     echo "Deprecated %%make_jobs macro used, please use %%cmake_build" \
     %cmake_build
 
 %cmake_install \
-    DESTDIR=%{buildroot} %__builder install -C %__builddir
+    DESTDIR=%{buildroot} %__cmake --install %__builddir --verbose
 
 %ctest(:-:) \
     cd %__builddir \