diff --git a/dictd.changes b/dictd.changes
index aee65ff..8d3150c 100644
--- a/dictd.changes
+++ b/dictd.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 29 17:14:30 UTC 2025 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- Add default /etc/dict.conf so that dict client works by default
+  as it used to (rh#2342818).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 18 11:00:22 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
 - Update to 1.13.3:
-  - dictd: fix buffer overflow in first/last search strategies.
+  - dictd: fix buffer overflow in first/last search strategies
+    (bsc#1233442).
 - Remove upstreamed index-buf-ovrflw.patch.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/dictd.spec b/dictd.spec
index 0581975..332fe35 100644
--- a/dictd.spec
+++ b/dictd.spec
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ database_exit
 
 EOF
 
+cat <<EOF >%{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/dict.conf
+# This is an example, you should define your own servers
+server dict.org
+EOF
+
 install -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/dictd.service
 
 ln -s %{_sbindir}/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcdictd
@@ -151,6 +156,7 @@ chmod 644 %{_localstatedir}/log/dictd
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_unitdir}/dictd.service
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/colorit.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/dictd.conf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/dict.conf
 
 %files devel
 %license COPYING