diff --git a/canongnu.diff b/canongnu.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fed586e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canongnu.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2023-10-13 12:38:26.953411554 +0000
++++ CMakeLists.txt	2023-10-13 12:40:11.057239934 +0000
+@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function(makemacros)
+ 
+ 	set(RPMCANONVENDOR ${host_vendor})
+ 	set(RPMCANONOS ${host_os})
+-	set(RPMCANONGNU -gnu)
++	set(RPMCANONGNU -gnu CACHE STRING "gnu os suffix")
+ 
+ 	if (ENABLE_CUTF8)
+ 		set(C_LOCALE "C.UTF-8")
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 9e86af5..8ecbd3b 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Wed Oct 11 17:07:14 CEST 2023 - mls@suse.de
 - new patches:
   * python_setup.diff
   * rpmsort_reverse.diff
+  * canongnu.diff
 - new file:
   * build-aux.tar.bz2 (taken from rpm-4.18)
 - fix --runposttrans not working correctly with the --root
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 64706e8..ff35fb4 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Patch134:       zstdthreaded.diff
 Patch135:       selinux_transactional_update.patch
 Patch136:       rpmsort_reverse.diff
 Patch137:       python_setup.diff
+Patch138:       canongnu.diff
 Patch6464:      auto-config-update-aarch64-ppc64le.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ rm -rf sqlite
 %patch -P 100        -P 102 -P 103
 %patch                                                  -P 117
 %patch -P 122 -P 123
-%patch -P 131          -P 133 -P 134 -P 135 -P 136 -P 137
+%patch -P 131          -P 133 -P 134 -P 135 -P 136 -P 137 -P 138
 
 %ifarch aarch64 ppc64le riscv64
 %patch6464