diff --git a/ddclient.changes b/ddclient.changes
index f6c0603..4342de3 100644
--- a/ddclient.changes
+++ b/ddclient.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan  1 10:41:36 UTC 2023 - munix9@googlemail.com
+
+- Add curl as BuildRequires/Requires to be able to use the '-curl'
+  option (eg. in DDCLIENT_OPTIONS in /etc/sysconfig/ddclient).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 27 12:40:48 UTC 2022 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
 
diff --git a/ddclient.spec b/ddclient.spec
index 1478b2c..7b26b2f 100644
--- a/ddclient.spec
+++ b/ddclient.spec
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ Patch2:         fix-configure_ac.patch
 Patch3:         disable-ip-test.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
+BuildRequires:  curl
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  perl(HTTP::Daemon)
 BuildRequires:  perl(HTTP::Message::PSGI)
 BuildRequires:  perl(IO::Socket::SSL)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::MockModule)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Warnings)
+Requires:       curl
 Requires:       perl >= 5.10.1
 Requires(pre):  %fillup_prereq
 Requires(pre):  shadow