diff --git a/perl-Convert-UUlib.changes b/perl-Convert-UUlib.changes
index c49637f..4af7cca 100644
--- a/perl-Convert-UUlib.changes
+++ b/perl-Convert-UUlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:38:26 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb 14 10:17:27 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Convert-UUlib.spec b/perl-Convert-UUlib.spec
index dbf17dc..333b30c 100644
--- a/perl-Convert-UUlib.spec
+++ b/perl-Convert-UUlib.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Version:        1.33
 Release:        1
 Source:         Convert-UUlib-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 Perl interface to the uulib library