diff --git a/dnsmasq.spec b/dnsmasq.spec
index aceec6e..af73058 100644
--- a/dnsmasq.spec
+++ b/dnsmasq.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 Name:           dnsmasq
 Version:        2.79
-Release:        4%{?extraversion:.%{extraversion}}%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?extraversion:.%{extraversion}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        A lightweight DHCP/caching DNS server
 
 License:        GPLv2 or GPLv3
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/dnsmasq.conf
 
 %pre
 #precreate users so that rpm can install files owned by that user
-%sysusers_create_inline '%(cat %{SOURCE2})'
+%sysusers_create_inline %(cat %{SOURCE2})
 
 %post
 #https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SystemdSysusers
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/dnsmasq.conf
 %{_mandir}/man1/dhcp_*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 26 2018 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 2.79-5
+- Fix %%pre scriptlet (#1548050)
+
 * Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.79-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild