diff --git a/python-importlib-metadata.changes b/python-importlib-metadata.changes
index 2cd8d38..7af8bf3 100644
--- a/python-importlib-metadata.changes
+++ b/python-importlib-metadata.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  2 18:11:11 UTC 2020 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Make requirement of importlib_resources only for particular
+  versions of Python (< 3.9).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 19 19:43:05 UTC 2020 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-importlib-metadata.spec b/python-importlib-metadata.spec
index a27f134..b230a2f 100644
--- a/python-importlib-metadata.spec
+++ b/python-importlib-metadata.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ Requires:       python-zipp >= 0.5
 Provides:       python-importlib_metadata = %{version}
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with test}
+%if %{python_version_nodots} < 39
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module importlib_resources >= 1.3}
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pep517}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}