diff --git a/fail2ban.changes b/fail2ban.changes
index b40406a..4274770 100644
--- a/fail2ban.changes
+++ b/fail2ban.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 11 12:42:54 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildRequire pkgconfig(systemd) instead of systemd: allow OBS to
+  shortcut the build queues by allowing usage of systemd-mini
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb 16 22:28:49 UTC 2019 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/fail2ban.spec b/fail2ban.spec
index 0ce47a7..bcfdf77 100644
--- a/fail2ban.spec
+++ b/fail2ban.spec
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1230
 # systemd
 BuildRequires:  python-systemd
-BuildRequires:  systemd
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 Requires:       python-systemd
 Requires:       systemd > 204
 %{?systemd_requires}