diff --git a/libzip.spec b/libzip.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54092fe385b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libzip.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+### RPM external libzip 1.11.4
+Source: https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/releases/download/v%{realversion}/libzip-%{realversion}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires: cmake
+Requires: zlib zstd
+Requires: bz2lib
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{n}-%{realversion}
+
+%build
+cmake \
+  -S %{_builddir}/%{n}-%{realversion} \
+  -B %{_builddir}/build \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{i} \
+  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%{cmake_prefix_path} \
+  -DENABLE_COMMONCRYPTO=OFF \
+  -DENABLE_GNUTLS=OFF \
+  -DENABLE_MBEDTLS=OFF \
+  -DENABLE_WINDOWS_CRYPTO=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+  -DBUILD_DOC=OFF
+
+make -C %{_builddir}/build %{makeprocesses}
+%install
+make -C %{_builddir}/build %{makeprocesses} install
diff --git a/xrootd.spec b/xrootd.spec
index 3dd127e8de2..75376b897b4 100644
--- a/xrootd.spec
+++ b/xrootd.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external xrootd 5.9.4
+### RPM external xrootd 6.0.1
 ## INITENV +PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH %i/lib64
 ## INITENV +PATH PYTHON3PATH %{i}/${PYTHON3_LIB_SITE_PACKAGES}
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 %define github_user xrootd
 Source: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/releases/download/v%{realversion}/%{n}-%{realversion}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires: cmake gmake autotools py3-pip
+BuildRequires: cmake gmake autotools py3-pip libzip
 Requires: zlib libuuid curl davix
 Requires: python3 py3-setuptools
 Requires: libxml2
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ cmake ../%n-%{realversion} \
   -DENABLE_XRDEC=TRUE \
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I${LIBUUID_ROOT}/include" \
   -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-L${LIBUUID_ROOT}/lib64" \
-  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%{cmake_prefix_path}"
+  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%{cmake_prefix_path};$LIBZIP_ROOT"
 
 make %makeprocesses VERBOSE=1