diff --git a/cpanspec.yml b/cpanspec.yml
index d23546f..de0e608 100644
--- a/cpanspec.yml
+++ b/cpanspec.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ description_paragraphs: 1
 #  bar.patch:
 preamble: |-
  BuildRequires:  libmariadb-devel
+ BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 #post_prep: |-
 # hunspell=`pkg-config --libs hunspell | sed -e 's,-l,,; s,  *,,g'`
 # sed -i -e "s,hunspell-X,$hunspell," t/00-prereq.t Makefile.PL 
diff --git a/perl-DBD-mysql.changes b/perl-DBD-mysql.changes
index 911ff3f..0b3dfc3 100644
--- a/perl-DBD-mysql.changes
+++ b/perl-DBD-mysql.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 13 15:05:24 UTC 2019 - Vítězslav Čížek <vcizek@suse.com>
 
-- Put back zlib-devel BuildRequires, otherwise the package doesn't
+- put back zlib-devel BuildRequires, otherwise the package doesn't
   build with the latest OpenSSL
+- add zlib-devel to the cpanspec.yml so it won't get dropped
+  on the next automatic update
 
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 Thu Jan 10 06:04:35 UTC 2019 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>