diff --git a/stress-ng.changes b/stress-ng.changes
index 54cc9ef..05c9fb5 100644
--- a/stress-ng.changes
+++ b/stress-ng.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 14 10:18:49 UTC 2019 - Scott Bahling <sbahling@suse.com>
+
+- add BuildRequires: bash-completion for older distro targets to
+  avoid "directories not owned by a package" build failure
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  9 19:32:58 UTC 2019 - Martin Hauke <mardnh@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/stress-ng.spec b/stress-ng.spec
index 4ccd344..ffa4ce0 100644
--- a/stress-ng.spec
+++ b/stress-ng.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Group:          System/Benchmark
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       bash-completion
 Supplements:    packageand(stress-ng:bash)
+%if 0%{?sle_version} < 150000
+BuildRequires:  bash-completion
+%endif
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description bash-completion