diff --git a/rrdtool.changes b/rrdtool.changes
index 594d719..ff5254c 100644
--- a/rrdtool.changes
+++ b/rrdtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 31 09:53:10 UTC 2015 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Ignore absence of systemd-tmpfiles, it won't be present in the
+  build env.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 10 11:26:06 UTC 2015 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/rrdtool.spec b/rrdtool.spec
index 38cebb5..7709bb4 100644
--- a/rrdtool.spec
+++ b/rrdtool.spec
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ getent passwd %rrdcached_user >/dev/null || useradd -s /sbin/nologin -g %rrdcach
 %post cached
 %service_add_post rrdcached.service
 %fillup_only rrdcached
-systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_tmpfilesdir}/rrdcached.conf
+systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_tmpfilesdir}/rrdcached.conf || :
 
 %preun cached
 %service_del_preun rrdcached.service