diff --git a/perl-Crypt-Rot13.changes b/perl-Crypt-Rot13.changes
index e44ac40..7827d04 100644
--- a/perl-Crypt-Rot13.changes
+++ b/perl-Crypt-Rot13.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:38:27 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 12 21:50:37 UTC 2010 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Crypt-Rot13.spec b/perl-Crypt-Rot13.spec
index c991ebf..598eaa7 100644
--- a/perl-Crypt-Rot13.spec
+++ b/perl-Crypt-Rot13.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-Rot13/
 Summary:        Rot13 (Caesar) encryption for perl
 Source:         Crypt-Rot13-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description