diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes b/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes
index fd28fb4..da8344d 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer-String.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 15:36:40 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 19 12:00:27 CET 2009 - lrupp@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec b/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
index 899ef72..a846592 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer-String.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Source:        %{real_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Requires:      perl-XML-Writer
 Requires:      perl = %{perl_version}
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 This module implements a bare-bones class specifically for the purpose of