diff --git a/aubio.changes b/aubio.changes
index b1096c8..5f4f8cd 100644
--- a/aubio.changes
+++ b/aubio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr 21 12:55:33 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Explicitly request ffmpeg 3.x for building
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 23 16:41:03 CET 2018 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/aubio.spec b/aubio.spec
index 4f09d97..0a98f37 100644
--- a/aubio.spec
+++ b/aubio.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 BuildRequires:  alsa-devel
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320 || (0%{?suse_version} == 1315 && 0%{?is_opensuse})
+BuildRequires:  ffmpeg3-devel
 BuildRequires:  txt2man
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavcodec)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavformat)