diff --git a/vmaf.changes b/vmaf.changes
index ddb15c7..1185b63 100644
--- a/vmaf.changes
+++ b/vmaf.changes
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 Wed Nov  9 10:26:11 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
 - Drop recommends on vmaf-data, the package is gone since vmaf 2.x.
-  [boo#1189023]
+  Build model data into the library, since `make install` does not
+  do anything by default. [boo#1189023]
 
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 Mon Apr 11 19:21:40 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
diff --git a/vmaf.spec b/vmaf.spec
index b965780..02d37e3 100644
--- a/vmaf.spec
+++ b/vmaf.spec
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ This package contains the library API definitions.
 %build
 rm -rf third_party
 pushd libvmaf/
-%meson
+%meson -Dbuilt_in_models=true -Denable_float=true
 %meson_build
 popd