diff --git a/neomutt.changes b/neomutt.changes
index 2d2a38d..0585568 100644
--- a/neomutt.changes
+++ b/neomutt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 14 13:41:01 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- fix build for older dists 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 25 10:15:40 UTC 2022 - Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/neomutt.spec b/neomutt.spec
index 0e7f883..72b802e 100644
--- a/neomutt.spec
+++ b/neomutt.spec
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %{_bindir}/neomutt
 %{_mandir}/man1/neomutt.1%{?ext_man}
 %{_mandir}/man5/neomuttrc.5%{?ext_man}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
+%dir %{_prefix}/libexec
+%endif
 %dir %{_prefix}/libexec/neomutt
 %{_prefix}/libexec/neomutt/pgpewrap
 %{_prefix}/libexec/neomutt/smime_keys