diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index c6e91642..080035e1 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -2247,6 +2247,10 @@ bool DoBuildDep(CommandLine &CmdL)
             continue;
          }
 
+         if ((*D).Package.compare(0, 7, "rpmlib(") == 0) {
+             continue;
+         }
+
          if ((*D).Type == pkgSrcRecords::Parser::BuildConflict ||
 	     (*D).Type == pkgSrcRecords::Parser::BuildConflictIndep)
          {