diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index 132b0402fdc0..a26f925e4454 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ Requires:       acl
 Requires:       sudo
 Requires:       sysstat
 Requires:       libaio
+%if 0%{?rhel}%{?fedora}%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  libaio-devel
+%endif
 AutoReqProv:    no
 
 %description test