diff --git a/rpmlint-mini.changes b/rpmlint-mini.changes
index b9f8a31..fa6952d 100644
--- a/rpmlint-mini.changes
+++ b/rpmlint-mini.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 25 09:24:35 UTC 2021 - Matthias Gerstner <matthias.gerstner@suse.com>
+
+- apply workaround for situations in which regular rpmlint is invoked when
+  building rpmlint-mini. Regular rpmlint does not implicitly add rpmlintrc
+  files, causing fatal badness to occur when building rpmlint-mini. Therefore
+  explicitly copy our rpmlintrc to a location that is processed by regular
+  rpmlint, too.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 10 09:23:46 UTC 2020 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpmlint-mini.spec b/rpmlint-mini.spec
index ce0843f..bc4a1ef 100644
--- a/rpmlint-mini.spec
+++ b/rpmlint-mini.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package rpmlint-mini
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ source packages can be checked.
 %setup -q -n desktop-file-utils-0.24
 [ -r COPYING ]
 tar xf %{S:2}
+# workaround rpmlintrc not being effective, because regular rpmlint is invoked
+# instead of rpmlint-mini, see suse-build change here:
+# https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-build/commit/1139134127373b058d3622bafb989c51e2ecc7b8
+cp %{SOURCE1000} $HOME/.rpmlintrc
 
 %build
 %configure