diff --git a/gnu-compilers-hpc.changes b/gnu-compilers-hpc.changes
index 20047b3..1f2ebc7 100644
--- a/gnu-compilers-hpc.changes
+++ b/gnu-compilers-hpc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan  2 15:30:36 UTC 2023 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
+
+- Fix compatibility for SLE-12: define _rpmmacrodir after hpc_init.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 13 15:31:07 UTC 2022 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/gnu-compilers-hpc.spec b/gnu-compilers-hpc.spec
index 92569f1..835b0f8 100644
--- a/gnu-compilers-hpc.spec
+++ b/gnu-compilers-hpc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build
 ExclusiveArch:  do-not-build
 %endif
 
-%{!?_rpmmacrodir:%define _rpmmacrodir %{_sysconfdir}/rpm}
 # Keep in sync with macros.hpc-gnu
 # ab >= 40 - version: a.b to accompodate for old gcc version scheme of gcc < 5
 %global hpc_gnu_bin_version %{?c_f_ver:-%(v=%c_f_ver; [ $v -lt 40 ] && echo $v ||
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do-not-build
 %endif
 %global hpc_gnu_dir gnu%{hpc_gnu_dep_version}
 %hpc_init -C -c %compiler_family %{?c_f_ver:-v %{c_f_ver}}
+%{!?_rpmmacrodir:%define _rpmmacrodir %{_sysconfdir}/rpm}
 
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 License:        BSD-3-Clause