diff --git a/0001-require-date-dependency.patch b/0001-require-date-dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d1215b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-require-date-dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 9354ca8..e61ee70 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ gtk_layer_shell = dependency('gtk-layer-shell-0',
+         fallback : ['gtk-layer-shell', 'gtk_layer_shell_dep'])
+ systemd = dependency('systemd', required: get_option('systemd'))
+ tz_dep = dependency('date',
+-    required: false,
+     default_options : [ 'use_system_tzdb=true' ],
+     modules : [ 'date::date', 'date::date-tz' ],
+     fallback: [ 'date', 'tz_dep' ])
diff --git a/waybar.changes b/waybar.changes
index c1ad22c..044c0b4 100644
--- a/waybar.changes
+++ b/waybar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 13 20:58:47 UTC 2022 - Filippo Bonazzi <filippo.bonazzi@suse.com>
+
+- Fix: actually use the date library dependency provided by hhdate
+  * add 0001-require-date-dependency.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  5 19:10:20 UTC 2022 - Filippo Bonazzi <filippo.bonazzi@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/waybar.spec b/waybar.spec
index e96a995..0e709da 100644
--- a/waybar.spec
+++ b/waybar.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Group:          System/GUI/Other
 URL:            https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         0000-replace-gethostbyname-getaddrinfo.patch
+Patch1:         0001-require-date-dependency.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 150400
 BuildRequires:  gcc11-c++
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 # test dependency
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(catch2) >= 3.0
 BuildRequires:  sndio-devel >= 1.7.0
-# date module
+# clock module
 BuildRequires:  hhdate-devel
 # optional: man pages
 BuildRequires:  scdoc