diff --git a/perl-Set-Object.changes b/perl-Set-Object.changes
index 865f6ec..2eecf0c 100644
--- a/perl-Set-Object.changes
+++ b/perl-Set-Object.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:39:04 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
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 Mon Aug 23 14:40:42 CEST 2010 - anicka@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/perl-Set-Object.spec b/perl-Set-Object.spec
index 60c4d33..4645a33 100644
--- a/perl-Set-Object.spec
+++ b/perl-Set-Object.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Summary:        Set of objects
 Source0:        Set-Object-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch:          %{name}-%{version}-return_value.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 This module implements a Set of objects, that is, a collection of