diff --git a/SPECS/libguestfs.spec b/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
index 91f50af..aa6d2ca 100644
--- a/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+%global dist %{?dist}.alma
 %global _hardened_build 1
 
 # Architectures that we run the basic sanity-check test.
@@ -843,7 +844,10 @@ sed 's/@VERSION@/%{version}/g' < %{SOURCE4} > README
 ip addr list ||:
 ip route list ||:
 if ping -c 3 -w 20 8.8.8.8 && wget http://libguestfs.org -O /dev/null; then
-  extra=
+  # AlmaLinux: avoid permission denied for yum/dnf cache
+  mkdir cachedir
+  sed -e "s|/var/cache/yum|$(pwd)/cachedir|" -e "s|/var/cache/dnf|$(pwd)/cachedir|" /etc/dnf/dnf.conf > yum.conf
+  extra=--with-supermin-packager-config=$(pwd)/yum.conf
 else
   mkdir cachedir repo
   # -n 1 because of RHBZ#980502.
@@ -866,6 +870,7 @@ export PYTHON=%{__python3}
   --disable-erlang \
   --disable-golang \
   --with-gtk=no \
+  --with-distro=REDHAT \
   $extra
 
 # Building index-parse.c by hand works around a race condition in the
@@ -1279,6 +1284,10 @@ install -m 0644 utils/boot-benchmark/boot-benchmark.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 11 2021 Andrew Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 1:1.40.2-27.alma
+- Fix build for AlmaLinux
+- Avoid permission denied for yum/dnf cache
+
 * Tue Jan 05 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.40.2-27
 - selinux-relabel does not work if SELINUXTYPE != targeted
 - tar-in command does not allow restoring file capabilities