diff --git a/libsoup.changes b/libsoup.changes
index 8401632..f0bb909 100644
--- a/libsoup.changes
+++ b/libsoup.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 20 09:09:11 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Replace krb5-devel BuildRequires with pkgconfig(krb5): This does
+  not exactly reproduce what configure is looking for (it ignores
+  the .pc file) but it helps OBS in chosing between krb5 and
+  krb5-mini, shortening build cycles.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 10 16:29:58 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libsoup.spec b/libsoup.spec
index 3d6b206..da7c7b7 100644
--- a/libsoup.spec
+++ b/libsoup.spec
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ BuildRequires:  glib2-devel >= 2.38.0
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel
 BuildRequires:  gtk-doc
 BuildRequires:  intltool >= 0.35.0
-BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(krb5)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(vapigen)
 # We do not need these dependencies needed only for tests.