diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index 22a66bc..fb551f6 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ Patch1:         testsuite.patch
 
 Patch2:         lto-type-mismatch.patch
 
+%if 0%{?flatpak}
+Requires:       %{name}-config = %{version}-%{release}
+%else
 Requires:       %{_sysconfdir}/my.cnf
+%endif
+
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ cmake openssl-devel zlib-devel libzstd-devel
 # Remote-IO plugin
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel