diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index c23fab2..66f817b 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 12 14:22:29 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
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 17 17:37:04 UTC 2019 - Larry Dewey <ldewey@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 3192cce..7cd82bb 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ BuildRequires:  strace
 BuildRequires:  syslinux
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  ldmtool
-BuildRequires:  systemd
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 BuildRequires:  systemd-sysvinit
 BuildRequires:  tar
 BuildRequires:  terminfo-base