diff --git a/perl-String-Format.changes b/perl-String-Format.changes
index b596e8f..d7a1f39 100644
--- a/perl-String-Format.changes
+++ b/perl-String-Format.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:39:07 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
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 Wed Oct 21 16:29:06 CEST 2009 - rschweikert@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-String-Format.spec b/perl-String-Format.spec
index 8946bb9..05872cd 100644
--- a/perl-String-Format.spec
+++ b/perl-String-Format.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Summary:       String::Format - sprintf-like string formatting capabilities
 Source0:       %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:     noarch
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
     String::Format lets you define arbitrary printf-like format sequences to