diff --git a/inkscape.changes b/inkscape.changes
index d6466f3..81d27c9 100644
--- a/inkscape.changes
+++ b/inkscape.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  2 16:41:50 UTC 2020 - Michael Gorse <mgorse@suse.com>
+
+- Switch to ninja; probably fixes intermittent build failure
+  (bsc#1177208).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct  2 23:17:32 UTC 2020 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/inkscape.spec b/inkscape.spec
index 55faeeb..f663132 100644
--- a/inkscape.spec
+++ b/inkscape.spec
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  libboost_headers-devel
 BuildRequires:  liblcms2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpoppler-glib-devel
-BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libxslt-devel
+BuildRequires:  ninja
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  popt-devel
@@ -140,12 +140,13 @@ Inkscape is a vector graphics editor.
 export LDFLAGS+="-Wl,--no-keep-memory -Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads"
 %endif
 %cmake \
+  -GNinja \
   -DINKSCAPE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=%{_libdir} \
   -DWITH_MANPAGE_COMPRESSION=OFF
-%cmake_build
+%ninja_build
 
 %install
-%cmake_install
+%ninja_install -C build
 
 # Only useful for translators.
 rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/inkscape/extensions/genpofiles.sh