diff --git a/libHX.changes b/libHX.changes
index 2b42a16..0de9b9c 100644
--- a/libHX.changes
+++ b/libHX.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  1 10:24:53 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add automake as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 10 10:26:37 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/libHX.spec b/libHX.spec
index 8f9d0e0..c2a0b05 100644
--- a/libHX.spec
+++ b/libHX.spec
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
-
-
 Name:           libHX
 %define lname   libHX27
 Summary:        Useful collection of routines for C and C++ programming
 Version:        3.11
-Release:        1
+Release:        0
 License:        LGPL v2+
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Source:         http://downloads.sf.net/libhx/libHX-%version.tar.xz
 Source3:        http://downloads.sf.net/libhx/libHX-%version.tar.xz.asc
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ pkg-config xz
+BuildRequires:  automake
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  xz
 %define debug_package_requires %lname = %version-%release
 Url:            http://libhx.sf.net/
 
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ Authors:
 	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh [at] medozas de>
 
 %package -n %lname
-License:        LGPL v2+
+
 Summary:        Useful collection of routines for C and C++ programming
-Group:          System/Libraries
 
 %description -n %lname
 libHX is a C library (with some C++ bindings available) that provides
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ Authors:
 	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh [at] medozas de>
 
 %package devel
-License:        LGPL v2+
 Summary:        Useful collection of routines for C and C++ programming
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %lname = %version