diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon.changes b/apache-commons-daemon.changes
index 567e299..33c6d5c 100644
--- a/apache-commons-daemon.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 27 14:12:09 UTC 2021 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Define %%make_build for systems where it is not defined in
+  rpm macros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  3 07:53:39 UTC 2021 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon.spec b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
index 458046b..809ce06 100644
--- a/apache-commons-daemon.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package apache-commons-daemon
+# spec file
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
+%{!?make_build:%global make_build make %{?_smp_mflags}}
 %define short_name commons-daemon
 Name:           apache-%{short_name}
 Version:        1.2.4