diff --git a/utempter.changes b/utempter.changes
index c7aed02..e692720 100644
--- a/utempter.changes
+++ b/utempter.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  3 15:52:03 UTC 2020 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- fixed utempter location after libexecdir change (bsc#1175925)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  6 12:15:39 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/utempter.spec b/utempter.spec
index b904725..28fab3e 100644
--- a/utempter.spec
+++ b/utempter.spec
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ package contains the library used by applications.
 %patch1 -p1
 
 %build
-make %{?_smp_mflags} RPM_OPT_FLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC" CC="gcc"
+make %{?_smp_mflags} RPM_OPT_FLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC" CC="gcc" libexecdir=%{_libexecdir}
 
 %install
 export DESTDIR=%{buildroot}