diff --git a/ppp.changes b/ppp.changes
index c4fdef6..96aed2b 100644
--- a/ppp.changes
+++ b/ppp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct  9 11:15:53 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Fix build with RPM 4.16: error: bare words are no longer
+  supported, please use "...":  lib64 == lib64.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug  3 14:52:55 UTC 2020 - Reinhard Max <max@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/ppp.spec b/ppp.spec
index 6ca28ca..044391c 100644
--- a/ppp.spec
+++ b/ppp.spec
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ you can disable unnecessary or disable everything.
 %patch14
 %patch17
 %patch18
-%if %{_lib} == lib64
+%if "%{_lib}" == "lib64"
 %patch21
 %endif
 %patch22