diff --git a/podman.changes b/podman.changes
index 020a299..8bf4c08 100644
--- a/podman.changes
+++ b/podman.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 21 07:40:30 UTC 2023 - Danish Prakash <danish.prakash@suse.com>
+
+- podman.spec: set PREFIX at build stage (boo#1208510)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 17 13:39:16 UTC 2023 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index d603b58..29c2863 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pages and %{name}.
 
 %build
 # Build podman
-BUILDFLAGS="-buildmode=pie" %make_build
+BUILDFLAGS="-buildmode=pie" PREFIX=%{_prefix} %make_build
 
 # Build manpages
 %make_build docs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ BUILDFLAGS="-buildmode=pie" %make_build
 # Updates must be tested manually.
 
 %install
-%make_install PREFIX=/usr LIBEXECDIR=%{_libexecdir} install.completions install.docker
+%make_install PREFIX=%{_prefix} LIBEXECDIR=%{_libexecdir} install.completions install.docker
 
 # remove the user tmpfile on SLE/Leap as it cannot handle them
 %if 0%{?suse_version} == 1500