diff --git a/gimp.changes b/gimp.changes
index 6ded51c..99a7063 100644
--- a/gimp.changes
+++ b/gimp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 15 04:47:12 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 12 15:26:00 UTC 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gimp.spec b/gimp.spec
index c132a6e..bd3d41d 100644
--- a/gimp.spec
+++ b/gimp.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libpoppler-glib-devel
 BuildRequires:  librsvg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtiff-devel
 BuildRequires:  libwebkit-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libwmf-devel
 BuildRequires:  pango-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-gtk-devel