diff --git a/0ad.changes b/0ad.changes
index db521ab..ffd0ea2 100644
--- a/0ad.changes
+++ b/0ad.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 21 07:58:31 UTC 2014 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- build using external libicu
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 20 11:10:15 UTC 2014 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/0ad.spec b/0ad.spec
index 4ec02de..a34b002 100644
--- a/0ad.spec
+++ b/0ad.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ BuildRequires:  DevIL-devel
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  libicu-devel
 BuildRequires:  mozilla-nspr-devel
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)