diff --git a/obs-packaging/linux-container/kata-linux-container.spec-template b/obs-packaging/linux-container/kata-linux-container.spec-template
index 22af17175..604603b8d 100644
--- a/obs-packaging/linux-container/kata-linux-container.spec-template
+++ b/obs-packaging/linux-container/kata-linux-container.spec-template
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ BuildKernel() {
     find kata-kernel-configs -name "${kernelArch}_kata_kvm_*" -exec cp {} .config \;
 	[ -f .config ] || (echo "ERROR: cannot find the kernel config file for the ${kernelArch} architecture"; exit 1)
 
+    %if 0%{?rhel_version}
+    # RHEL in OBS has updated gcc.
+    # https://github.com/kata-containers/packaging/pull/370#issuecomment-469620154
+    sed -i -e 's/CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y/CONFIG_RETPOLINE=n/g' .config
+    %endif
+
     %if 0%{?fedora}
     #Fedora uses gcc 8, build is failing due to warnings.
     export CFLAGS="-Wno-error=restrict"