diff --git a/perl-Test-Object.changes b/perl-Test-Object.changes
index c339a1a..4be322a 100644
--- a/perl-Test-Object.changes
+++ b/perl-Test-Object.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:39:08 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 21 16:31:28 CEST 2009 - rschweikert@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Test-Object.spec b/perl-Test-Object.spec
index 4ad0ae5..cd68437 100644
--- a/perl-Test-Object.spec
+++ b/perl-Test-Object.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Summary:       Test::Object - Thoroughly testing objects via registered handlers
 Source0:       %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:     noarch
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
     In situations where you have deep trees of classes, there is a common