diff --git a/xdg-utils.spec b/xdg-utils.spec
index 23f3747..f479f1a 100644
--- a/xdg-utils.spec
+++ b/xdg-utils.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BuildRequires:  xmlto
 BuildRequires:  xz
 # for xmlto to be able to generate text from html
 BuildRequires:  w3m
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Summary:        Utilities to uniformly interface desktop environments
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System/GUI/Other