diff --git a/perl-IO-Multiplex.changes b/perl-IO-Multiplex.changes
index 79dfbbb..fd31d61 100644
--- a/perl-IO-Multiplex.changes
+++ b/perl-IO-Multiplex.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:38:41 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
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 Sun Jan 10 15:43:32 CET 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/perl-IO-Multiplex.spec b/perl-IO-Multiplex.spec
index a248006..be3239f 100644
--- a/perl-IO-Multiplex.spec
+++ b/perl-IO-Multiplex.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Version:        1.10
 Release:        2
 Source:         IO-Multiplex-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 "IO::Multiplex" reduces the effort of managing multiple file handles.