diff --git a/dd_rescue.changes b/dd_rescue.changes
index 7106fa5..b41926e 100644
--- a/dd_rescue.changes
+++ b/dd_rescue.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  5 08:07:26 UTC 2015 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- include the .changes file in the .src.rpm as its used during build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug  9 23:26:59 CEST 2014 - kurt@garloff.de
 
diff --git a/dd_rescue.spec b/dd_rescue.spec
index a19aad5..42d958e 100644
--- a/dd_rescue.spec
+++ b/dd_rescue.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package dd_rescue
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ License:        GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0
 Group:          System/Base
 Url:            http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/
 Source0:        http://garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source99:       %{name}.changes
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  libattr-devel
 BuildRequires:  lzo-devel
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@ data to the decompressor; the plugin is still young and might expose bugs.
 ./autogen.sh
 
 # Remove build time references so build-compare can do its work
-FAKE_BUILDTIME=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes '+%%H:%%M')
-FAKE_BUILDDATE=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes '+%%b %%e %%Y')
+FAKE_BUILDTIME=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{S:99} '+%%H:%%M')
+FAKE_BUILDDATE=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{S:99} '+%%b %%e %%Y')
 sed -i "s/__TIME__/\"$FAKE_BUILDTIME\"/g" dd_rescue.c
 sed -i "s/__DATE__/\"$FAKE_BUILDDATE\"/g" dd_rescue.c