diff -Nru autospec-1.4.16.orig//plugins/pck-update.in autospec-1.4.16/plugins/pck-update.in
--- autospec-1.4.16.orig//plugins/pck-update.in	2010-05-06 14:57:00.523842465 +0200
+++ autospec-1.4.16/plugins/pck-update.in	2010-05-06 14:58:14.009216091 +0200
@@ -2041,9 +2041,9 @@
          local f rpm_provided_by buildrequirements_to_install
          for f in ${SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES[@]}; do
             unset rpm_provided_by
-            rpm --quiet -q --whatprovides $f &>/dev/null
+            rpm --quiet -q $rpm_root_opts --whatprovides $f &>/dev/null
             [ $? -eq 0 ] &&
-               rpm_provided_by="$(rpm -q --whatprovides $f)"
+               rpm_provided_by="$(rpm -q $rpm_root_opts --whatprovides $f)"
 
             notify.note " * "$"\
 build requirement found"": \`${NOTE}$f${NORM}' ""\