diff --git a/kea.spec b/kea.spec
index b697afd..edc1754 100644
--- a/kea.spec
+++ b/kea.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ BuildRequires: openssl-devel
 # %%configure --with-dhcp-mysql
 BuildRequires: mariadb-connector-c-devel
 # %%configure --with-dhcp-pgsql
-BuildRequires: postgresql-devel
+BuildRequires: libpq-devel
+# TODO: propose upstream fix so this is not needed (no server-side related
+# headers nor configuration should be needed)
+BuildRequires: postgresql-server-devel
 BuildRequires: log4cplus-devel
 %ifnarch s390 %{mips}
 BuildRequires: valgrind-devel