diff --git a/intlfonts.changes b/intlfonts.changes
index 4748f5e..1c69fd3 100644
--- a/intlfonts.changes
+++ b/intlfonts.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 15 08:51:08 UTC 2016 - normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com
+
+- spec file change to avoid transient build failure
+  about the 'for b' loop generating the *pcf.gz files.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug  1 12:01:19 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/intlfonts.spec b/intlfonts.spec
index 31f5adb..252a817 100644
--- a/intlfonts.spec
+++ b/intlfonts.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package intlfonts
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ test ! -e Asian/tib24-mule.bdf   || exit 1
   dirs="$SUBDIRS $SUBDIRS_BIG $SUBDIRS_EFONT"
   for b in $(find $dirs -name '*.bdf') ; do
       p=${b%%.bdf}.pcf
-      test -s ${p}.gz || bdftopcf -o >(gzip -9cf > ${p}.gz) $b
+      test -s ${p}.gz || { bdftopcf -o ${p} $b && gzip -9f ${p}; }
   done
 
 %install