diff --git a/numad.changes b/numad.changes
index 2ede3ca..e1f8915 100644
--- a/numad.changes
+++ b/numad.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 12 14:58:50 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildRequire pkgconfig(systemd) instead of systemd: allow OBS to
+  shortcut the build queues by allowing usage of systemd-mini
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 20 09:52:57 CET 2017 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/numad.spec b/numad.spec
index 9550b04..6f794ab 100644
--- a/numad.spec
+++ b/numad.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Patch6:         numad-opensuse-systemd.patch
 Patch7:         numad-systemd-simple-type.patch
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
-BuildRequires:  systemd
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 %{?systemd_requires}
 %define has_systemd 1
 %endif