diff --git a/dd_rescue.changes b/dd_rescue.changes
index 2694486..acef2c7 100644
--- a/dd_rescue.changes
+++ b/dd_rescue.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 13 06:30:40 UTC 2020 - Josef Möllers <josef.moellers@suse.com>
+
+- Dropped build dependency on libfallocate-devel as fallocate64 is
+  now in glibc and thus libfallocate is not required any more.
+  [dd_rescue.spec, jira#11972]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  6 09:17:38 UTC 2020 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/dd_rescue.spec b/dd_rescue.spec
index f829b45..4a8a776 100644
--- a/dd_rescue.spec
+++ b/dd_rescue.spec
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ Patch4:         ddr_1998-testhole.diff
 Patch5:         ddr_1998-ossl11-warn.diff
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  libattr-devel
-%if 0%{?is_opensuse}
-BuildRequires:  libfallocate-devel
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  lzo-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1200
 BuildRequires:  lzop