diff --git a/setools.spec b/setools.spec
index c467dcf..8f4ce26 100644
--- a/setools.spec
+++ b/setools.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Patch2:         0002-Do-not-export-use-setools.InfoFlowAnalysis-and-setoo.patch
 Obsoletes:      setools < 4.0.0, setools-devel < 4.0.0
 BuildRequires:  flex,  bison
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel, gcc, git
-BuildRequires:  libsepol-devel, libsepol-static
+BuildRequires:  libsepol-devel >= %{sepol_ver}, libsepol-static >= %{sepol_ver}
 BuildRequires:  qt5-qtbase-devel
 BuildRequires:  swig
 BuildRequires:  python-devel