diff --git a/rpm-suse_macros b/rpm-suse_macros
index f7016c0..55fc3ee 100644
--- a/rpm-suse_macros
+++ b/rpm-suse_macros
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 	/usr/lib/rpm/brp-suse  \
 %{nil}
 
-%restart_on_update()	%{service_del_postun %{?*}}
-%stop_on_removal()	%{service_del_preun %{?*}}
+%restart_on_update()	%{expand::%%service_del_postun %{?**}}
+%stop_on_removal()	%{expand:%%service_del_preun %{?**}}
 
 # macro: %configure_kernel_source
 #
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 1112c37..ceb794d 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May  2 13:50:24 CEST 2016 - mls@suse.de
+
+- work around bug in rpm's macro expandsion [bnc#969381]
+
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 Thu Apr 21 15:08:22 CEST 2016 - mls@suse.de