diff --git a/pesign-gen-repackage-spec b/pesign-gen-repackage-spec
index 98fdcf8..099059b 100644
--- a/pesign-gen-repackage-spec
+++ b/pesign-gen-repackage-spec
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ if ($cert_subpackage) {
 	open(my $fh, '<', $cert_subpackage) or die "$cert_subpackage: $!\n";
 	my $template = <$fh>;
 	close($fh);
-	$template =~ s/\%{-n\*}/$kmp_basename/g;
+	$template =~ s/\%\{-n\*}/$kmp_basename/g;
 	$template =~ s/\@CERTS\@/$certs/g;
 	print SPEC $template;
 }
diff --git a/pesign-obs-integration.changes b/pesign-obs-integration.changes
index 7217ef2..15204ae 100644
--- a/pesign-obs-integration.changes
+++ b/pesign-obs-integration.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 24 09:20:31 UTC 2017 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- escape regexp in pesign-gen-repackage-spec for perl 5.26
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  6 02:47:26 UTC 2017 - jlee@suse.com