diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8227a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libxmlb2
diff --git a/libxmlb.changes b/libxmlb.changes
index 1d2533a..1831cd2 100644
--- a/libxmlb.changes
+++ b/libxmlb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 16 17:02:37 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- build hwcaps optimized libraries
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct  1 11:12:48 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libxmlb.spec b/libxmlb.spec
index 47fe312..e9f734e 100644
--- a/libxmlb.spec
+++ b/libxmlb.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libxmlb
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Bjørn Lie, Bryne, Norway.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 URL:            https://github.com/hughsie/libxmlb
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source9:        baselibs.conf
 # Enable when/if libstemmer becomes available in openSUSE (+ in meson call)
 #BuildRequires:  libstemmer-devel
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk-doc)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(liblzma)
 # Needed for the self tests
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(shared-mime-info)
+%{?suse_build_hwcaps_libs}
 
 %description
 XML is slow to parse and strings inside the document cannot be