diff --git a/fstrm.changes b/fstrm.changes
index 06377fd..7b57373 100644
--- a/fstrm.changes
+++ b/fstrm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  3 14:30:01 UTC 2015 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- require the correct version of libevent to make it fail early
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 17 09:08:20 UTC 2015 - thehejik@suse.com
 
diff --git a/fstrm.spec b/fstrm.spec
index b02645d..7f67951 100644
--- a/fstrm.spec
+++ b/fstrm.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Url:            https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm
 Source:         https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  libevent-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  libevent-devel >= 2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description