diff --git a/ardour5.spec b/ardour5.spec
index b9d29f7..c29ed7a 100644
--- a/ardour5.spec
+++ b/ardour5.spec
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ This package provides the %{2} %{1} backend for Ardour.\
 %backend_package audio Dummy
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n Ardour-%{version}%{?prerel:.%{prerel}}
+%autosetup -n Ardour-%{version}
 
 # use versionized name for all man pages
 for fromfile in ardour.1 ardour.1.??; do
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ fi
 - update to final release 5.0.0
 - Ardour 5 is backwards-compatible to versions 3 and 4, obsolete them from
   Fedora 26 on
+- use %%autosetup
 
 * Wed Aug 10 2016 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 5.0-0.3.rc2.12
 - update to 5.0 prerelease rc2.12