diff --git a/osinfo-db-tools.changes b/osinfo-db-tools.changes
index 39bf1bd..b0f7c0e 100644
--- a/osinfo-db-tools.changes
+++ b/osinfo-db-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 27 09:30:31 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildRequire pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4) instead of the package
+  name libsoup-devel: with libsoup 3.0 appearing, the old version
+  receives a compat-name (libsoup2).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  2 10:14:38 MST 2021 - carnold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/osinfo-db-tools.spec b/osinfo-db-tools.spec
index 78d9c5a..8e2a8c8 100644
--- a/osinfo-db-tools.spec
+++ b/osinfo-db-tools.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
 BuildRequires:  json-glib-devel
 BuildRequires:  libarchive-devel
-BuildRequires:  libsoup-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel >= 2.6.0
 BuildRequires:  libxslt-devel >= 1.0.0
 BuildRequires:  meson