diff --git a/no-rebuild.patch b/no-rebuild.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beea013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no-rebuild.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+ Makefile |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ uninstall:
+ check: rc
+ 	./rc run-tests
+ 
+-.PHONY: all rc clean install uninstall doc
++.PHONY: all clean install uninstall doc
diff --git a/rc.changes b/rc.changes
index 66c968d..75ef37f 100644
--- a/rc.changes
+++ b/rc.changes
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Sat Dec 21 13:02:42 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
 - Fix the location of the binary (/bin instead of %{_bindir}).
+- Add no-rebuild.patch to avoid rebuilding the binary during
+  %install.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 23 10:54:19 UTC 2024 - mcepl@cepl.eu
diff --git a/rc.spec b/rc.spec
index 4a4c040..360fcea 100644
--- a/rc.spec
+++ b/rc.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Version:        0+git.1725436050.2b2d211
 Summary:        A simple shell
 URL:            https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/rc
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.zst
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM no-rebuild.patch mcepl@suse.com
+# rc target is quite certainly not PHONY
+Patch0:         no-rebuild.patch
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  hare
 BuildRequires:  madeline