diff --git a/driverctl.changes b/driverctl.changes
index d5872c6..6669e73 100644
--- a/driverctl.changes
+++ b/driverctl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  9 10:39:29 CET 2018 - ndas@suse.de
+
+- use pkgconfig as it allows OBS to pick packages optimized for building.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar  7 16:26:24 CET 2018 - ndas@suse.de
 
diff --git a/driverctl.spec b/driverctl.spec
index 5943c59..ab8d75a 100644
--- a/driverctl.spec
+++ b/driverctl.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Group:          System/Management
 URL:            https://gitlab.com/driverctl/driverctl
 Source0:        archive.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires:  systemd
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 Requires:       coreutils
 Requires:       udev
 BuildArch:      noarch