diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index 9078e63..6d510a6 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 11 12:37:16 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildRequire pkgconfig(systemd) instead of systemd: allow OBS to
+  shortcut the build queues by allowing usage of systemd-mini
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 31 12:42:49 UTC 2019 - Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index 7c98956..aeb9233 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ Requires:       dmidecode
 %define initsys sysvinit_suse
 %else
 %define initsys systemd
-BuildRequires: systemd
-Requires:      systemd
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(systemd)
 %{?systemd_requires}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} == 1220
 %define systemd_prefix /lib