diff --git a/protobuf-rpmlintrc b/protobuf-rpmlintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8008a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protobuf-rpmlintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+addFilter("shlib-policy-name-error")
+addFilter("env-script-interpreter")
+addFilter("spurious-executable-perm")
diff --git a/protobuf.changes b/protobuf.changes
index 99ffd20..8125e88 100644
--- a/protobuf.changes
+++ b/protobuf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 27 06:59:31 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Make possible to build on older systems, like SLE12 that miss
+  some of the used macros.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 23 09:01:50 UTC 2023 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/protobuf.spec b/protobuf.spec
index 8b7cc2e..5bcfeda 100644
--- a/protobuf.spec
+++ b/protobuf.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
+%{!?make_build:%global make_build make %{?_smp_mflags}}
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define sover 3_21_12
 %define tarname protobuf
@@ -167,6 +168,9 @@ This package contains the Python bindings for Google Protocol Buffers.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n %{tarname}-%{version}
+
+# The previous blank line is crucial for older system being able
+# to use the autosetup macro
 mkdir gmock
 
 %if %{with python2} || %{with python3}