diff --git a/obs-service-recompress.spec b/obs-service-recompress.spec
index 411382b..88c26d6 100644
--- a/obs-service-recompress.spec
+++ b/obs-service-recompress.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 URL:            https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-%{service}
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 
 BuildRequires:  bzip2