diff --git a/libxml2-python.changes b/libxml2-python.changes
index d0cc842..652a5a3 100644
--- a/libxml2-python.changes
+++ b/libxml2-python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  6 09:05:53 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- buildrequire python-xml to fix build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  3 12:24:42 UTC 2010 - puzel@novell.com
 
diff --git a/libxml2-python.spec b/libxml2-python.spec
index 47d83ec..70e3cec 100644
--- a/libxml2-python.spec
+++ b/libxml2-python.spec
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Source:         libxml2-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        libxml2-python-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
-BuildRequires:  python-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-devel python-xml
 %py_requires
 Requires:       libxml2 = %{version}
 # Uncomment to save space:
 #NoSource:      0
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%py_requires
 
 %description
 The libxml2-python package contains a module that permits applications