diff --git a/libqt5-qtbase.changes b/libqt5-qtbase.changes
index 23e23d4..3444465 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtbase.changes
+++ b/libqt5-qtbase.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 28 09:45:53 UTC 2023 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- switch icu-devel requires to pkgconfig to allow switching libicu
+  versions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 28 16:18:03 UTC 2023 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/libqt5-qtbase.spec b/libqt5-qtbase.spec
index 3e20c4e..b46159b 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtbase.spec
+++ b/libqt5-qtbase.spec
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gl)
 BuildRequires:  Mesa-libGLESv3-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glesv2)
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  libicu-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-i18n)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-uc)
 BuildRequires:  tslib-devel
 %if %{vulkan}
 BuildRequires:  vulkan-devel