diff --git a/libtool.changes b/libtool.changes
index f90b480..da82263 100644
--- a/libtool.changes
+++ b/libtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 12 08:58:58 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to pkgconfig(zlib) so that alternative providers can be
+  used
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep  4 19:47:46 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/libtool.spec b/libtool.spec
index 2949616..8151c5f 100644
--- a/libtool.spec
+++ b/libtool.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-objc
 BuildRequires:  help2man
 BuildRequires:  lzma
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
 Requires:       automake > 1.4
 Requires:       libltdl7 = %{version}
 Requires:       m4 >= 1.4.16