diff --git a/zlib.changes b/zlib.changes
index 4cee547..ba8b25e 100644
--- a/zlib.changes
+++ b/zlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 22 01:17:59 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Replace %make_install by normal make install;
+  the former is a constant source of agony in older or non-SUSE.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 22 05:10:48 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/zlib.spec b/zlib.spec
index aaa5a3c..915415a 100644
--- a/zlib.spec
+++ b/zlib.spec
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ time make check
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
-%make_install
+make install DESTDIR="%buildroot"
 ln -s -v /%{_lib}/$(readlink %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/libz.so) %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libz.so
 rm -v %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/libz.so
 # static lib