diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index 2dfb265..fcdf958 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 15 12:01:04 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to pkgconfig(zlib) so that alternative providers can be
+  used
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 12 20:08:41 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index c8cd815..ddeb9d8 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  tcsh
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  xz
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
 Requires:       git-core = %{version}
 Requires:       perl-Git = %{version}
 Recommends:     git-email