diff --git a/freetds.changes b/freetds.changes
index 06e58f5..e7e141e 100644
--- a/freetds.changes
+++ b/freetds.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct  1 05:39:08 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 6 11:48:21 UTC 2011 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/freetds.spec b/freetds.spec
index db0110a..a390ff8 100644
--- a/freetds.spec
+++ b/freetds.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  unixODBC
 BuildRequires:  unixODBC-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version}