diff --git a/python-Django.changes b/python-Django.changes
index 8bb5e84..c1bff6b 100644
--- a/python-Django.changes
+++ b/python-Django.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 24 02:26:37 UTC 2021 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Avoid dependency on backports.zoneinfo except on Python 3.8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 20 10:37:10 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Django.spec b/python-Django.spec
index 64551fa..55c66b9 100644
--- a/python-Django.spec
+++ b/python-Django.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pillow >= 6.2.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyYAML}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module argon2-cffi >= 16.1.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module asgiref >= 3.4.1}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module backports.zoneinfo}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module backports.zoneinfo if (%python-base with python38-base)}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module bcrypt}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docutils}
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ Requires:       python
 Requires:       python-Pillow >= 6.2.0
 Requires:       python-argon2-cffi >= 16.1.0
 Requires:       python-asgiref >= 3.4.1
+%if "%{python_flavor}" == "python38"
 Requires:       python-backports.zoneinfo
+%endif
 Requires:       python-pytz
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 Requires:       python-sqlparse >= 0.2.2