diff --git a/epiphany.changes b/epiphany.changes
index 12623d8..db90edb 100644
--- a/epiphany.changes
+++ b/epiphany.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 20:07:59 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 27 14:39:28 UTC 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/epiphany.spec b/epiphany.spec
index 7f276f0..eace782 100644
--- a/epiphany.spec
+++ b/epiphany.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libgnome-keyring-devel
 BuildRequires:  libnotify-devel >= 0.5.1
 BuildRequires:  libseed-gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  libsoup-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libwebkitgtk3-devel >= 1.6.1
 BuildRequires:  libxslt-devel
 BuildRequires:  mozilla-nss-devel