diff --git a/uwsgi.changes b/uwsgi.changes
index 8f228bc..a9d52a8 100644
--- a/uwsgi.changes
+++ b/uwsgi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 12 08:58:58 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to pkgconfig(zlib) so that alternative providers can be
+  used
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 15 10:58:25 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.spec b/uwsgi.spec
index f58ff47..f75d6a2 100644
--- a/uwsgi.spec
+++ b/uwsgi.spec
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ BuildRequires:  v8-devel
 %endif
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  zeromq-devel
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
 %{?systemd_requires}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Provides:       uwsgi-carbon = %{version}