diff --git a/autogen.changes b/autogen.changes
index 3e7f2ba..7a1e32c 100644
--- a/autogen.changes
+++ b/autogen.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 20:07:43 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep 17 13:44:14 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/autogen.spec b/autogen.spec
index a79e98c..931e63c 100644
--- a/autogen.spec
+++ b/autogen.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 Name:           autogen
 BuildRequires:  guile-devel libxml2-devel pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 Summary:        Automated Text File Generator
 Version:        5.11.8
 Release:        2