diff --git a/malaga-suomi.changes b/malaga-suomi.changes
index d1aa619..1e30078 100644
--- a/malaga-suomi.changes
+++ b/malaga-suomi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  7 06:51:21 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildIgnore malaga-suomi: libvoikko1 does not require
+  malaga-suomi as long as we just want to build stuff.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 25 09:40:47 UTC 2019 - Timo Jyrinki <tjyrinki@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/malaga-suomi.spec b/malaga-suomi.spec
index 1ebdb57..5328c98 100644
--- a/malaga-suomi.spec
+++ b/malaga-suomi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package malaga-suomi
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ URL:            http://voikko.puimula.org/
 Source0:        http://www.puimula.org/voikko-sources/%{_name}/%{_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://www.puimula.org/voikko-sources/%{_name}/%{_name}-%{version}.tar.gz.asc
 Source2:        %{_name}.keyring
+# voikospell/libvoikko requires malaga-suomi for proper runtime. But to build malaga-suomi we don't need it yet
+#!BuildIgnore:  malaga-suomi
 BuildRequires:  foma
 BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  voikkospell >= 4.0