diff --git a/rocksdb.changes b/rocksdb.changes
index 0a696b4..cc431d7 100644
--- a/rocksdb.changes
+++ b/rocksdb.changes
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-Fri Apr 21 09:27:26 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <Andreas.Stieger@gmx.de>
+Fri Apr 21 12:55:27 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <Andreas.Stieger@gmx.de>
 
 - RocksDB 8.1.1
   * Compaction output file cutting logic now considers range
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Fri Apr 21 09:27:26 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <Andreas.Stieger@gmx.de>
   * bug fixes
   * API changes: Changed various functions and features in Cache
     that are mostly relevant to custom implementations or wrappers
+- build with shared gflags libs
 
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 Sat Apr 15 13:57:16 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
diff --git a/rocksdb.spec b/rocksdb.spec
index eb13876..7c7d7dc 100644
--- a/rocksdb.spec
+++ b/rocksdb.spec
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ Patch1:         rocksdb-8.0.0-shared-liburing.patch
 Patch2:         rocksdb-8.0.0-rpath.patch
 BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
 BuildRequires:  cmake
-BuildRequires:  gflags-devel-static
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  cmake(Snappy)
-BuildRequires:  cmake(gflags)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bzip2)
+# needs gflags with SR#1075555
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gflags)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(liblz4)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(liburing)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libzstd)