diff --git a/openhpi.spec b/openhpi.spec
index cd78e8e..d0bfdbd 100644
--- a/openhpi.spec
+++ b/openhpi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:        Hardware Platform Interface library and tools
 Name:           openhpi
 Version:        3.8.0
-Release:        14%{?dist}
+Release:        15%{?dist}
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://www.openhpi.org
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Patch4:         %{name}-3.8.0-ipv6-ipmidirect.patch
 Patch5:         %{name}-3.8.0-link-libopenhpi.patch
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} < 9
 BuildRequires:  libsysfs-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  net-snmp-devel
 BuildRequires:  OpenIPMI-devel
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
@@ -150,6 +152,9 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 02 2021 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 3.8.0-15
+- drop BR on sysfs in rhel >=9
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.8.0-14
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild