diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
index dda00a948a01d..adab28fa7f892 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkspec
+++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ sed -e '/^DEL/d' -e 's/^\t*//' <<EOF
 	URL: https://www.kernel.org
 $S	Source: kernel-$__KERNELRELEASE.tar.gz
 	Provides: $PROVIDES
-$S	BuildRequires: bc binutils bison dwarves elfutils-libelf-devel flex
+$S	BuildRequires: bc binutils bison dwarves
+$S	BuildRequires: (elfutils-libelf-devel or libelf-devel) flex
 $S	BuildRequires: gcc make openssl openssl-devel perl python3 rsync
 
 	# $UTS_MACHINE as a fallback of _arch in case