diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e958fa3..ebfda47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /timepps.h
-/chrony-1.25.tar.gz
+/chrony-1.26-pre1.tar.gz
diff --git a/chrony.spec b/chrony.spec
index 45a886f..4a029fa 100644
--- a/chrony.spec
+++ b/chrony.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+%define prerelease -pre1
 Name:           chrony
-Version:        1.25
-Release:        2%{?gitpatch}%{?dist}
+Version:        1.26
+Release:        0.1.pre1%{?gitpatch}%{?dist}
 Summary:        An NTP client/server
 
 Group:          System Environment/Daemons
@@ -51,7 +52,10 @@ export CFLAGS
 export CPPFLAGS="-Ipps"
 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"
 
-%configure --docdir=%{_docdir} --enable-forcednsretry
+%configure \
+        --docdir=%{_docdir} \
+        --enable-forcednsretry \
+        --with-sendmail=%{_sbindir}/sendmail
 make %{?_smp_mflags} getdate all docs
 
 %install
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index be7a908..a5def36 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 b494eddf72f3455c333eed80642dc20d  timepps.h
-9de3605616228ee010790da09df27500  chrony-1.25.tar.gz
+232594d5f2065cbb905f484258a854fd  chrony-1.26-pre1.tar.gz