diff --git a/fetchmail.changes b/fetchmail.changes
index 422befa..9ef0643 100644
--- a/fetchmail.changes
+++ b/fetchmail.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 12 15:41:55 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- do not use useradd -o without -u
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 11 09:09:21 UTC 2012 - vcizek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/fetchmail.spec b/fetchmail.spec
index 2de4030..f1ae823 100644
--- a/fetchmail.spec
+++ b/fetchmail.spec
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/fetchmail
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %pre
-usr/sbin/useradd -r -o -g daemon -s /bin/false \
+usr/sbin/useradd -r -g daemon -s /bin/false \
   -c "mail retrieval daemon" -d /var/lib/fetchmail fetchmail 2>/dev/null || :
 
 %post