diff --git a/linux-glibc-devel.changes b/linux-glibc-devel.changes
index 996628b..2c1d531 100644
--- a/linux-glibc-devel.changes
+++ b/linux-glibc-devel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 17 12:12:09 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- BuildIgnore linux-kernel-headers: the symbol will only exist once
+  the package was builtin a bootstrap cycle.
+- BuildIgnore gettext-tools: required by rpm-build, but we can
+  build without it, allowing to shorten a bootstrap cycle.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  3 08:04:22 UTC 2017 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/linux-glibc-devel.spec b/linux-glibc-devel.spec
index 737b40e..10dbf83 100644
--- a/linux-glibc-devel.spec
+++ b/linux-glibc-devel.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ BuildRequires:  xz
 Provides:       kernel-headers
 Provides:       linux-kernel-headers = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      linux-kernel-headers < %{version}
+# rpm-build requires gettext-tools; ignore this, in order to shorten cycles (we have no translations)
+#!BuildIgnore:  gettext-tools
+# glibc-devel requires linux-kernel-headers, which we are in progress of building
+#!BuildIgnore:  linux-kernel-headers
 PreReq:         coreutils
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        install_all.sh