diff --git a/units.spec b/units.spec
index 480dcfe..1240257 100644
--- a/units.spec
+++ b/units.spec
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 %install
 %make_install
 
-# remove %%{buildroot} from the target of an absolute symlink
-ln -fsv %{_sharedstatedir}/units/currency.units %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/units
+# replace an absolute symlink by a relative symlink
+ln -fsv ../../..%{_sharedstatedir}/units/currency.units %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/units
 
 gzip %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/units.info
 
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ make check
 
 %changelog
 * Tue Sep 06 2022 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 2.22-2
+- replace an absolute symlink by a relative symlink
 - use %%make_build and %%make_install RPM macros
 
 * Tue Sep 06 2022 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 2.22-1