diff --git a/meson.changes b/meson.changes
index d009d4e..51a36ba 100644
--- a/meson.changes
+++ b/meson.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 30 12:41:22 UTC 2021 - Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@suse.com>
+
+- Relax BuildRequires on rpm, if rpm-config-SUSE is recent enough
+  (jsc#SLE-20017).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 20 09:07:44 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/meson.spec b/meson.spec
index b7559c1..cef6ae5 100644
--- a/meson.spec
+++ b/meson.spec
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ BuildRequires:  wxWidgets-devel
 %endif
 %endif
 # meson makes use of macros that were only defined with rpm 4.15
+%if (0%{?suse_version} < 1550 && 0%{?sle_version} < 150400)
 Conflicts:      rpm-build < 4.15
+%endif
 
 %description
 Meson is a build system designed to optimise programmer productivity.