diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index 7a6785e..41a0dbe 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 18 10:26:33 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- buildrequire systemd by pkgconfig provide to get systemd-mini
+  in build environments (to break cycle)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 15 00:48:54 UTC 2012 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 87cbf7b..b4d8400 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Name:           cronie
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
-BuildRequires:  systemd
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 Url:            https://fedorahosted.org/cronie/
 Recommends:     smtp_daemon
 Suggests:       postfix