diff --git a/gpg2.changes b/gpg2.changes
index 0b17403..9542caa 100644
--- a/gpg2.changes
+++ b/gpg2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  1 21:05:55 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- gnupg-add_legacy_FIPS_mode_option.patch (part of [bnc#856312])
+  mentions GCRYCTL_INACTIVATE_FIPS_FLAG, raising the requirement
+  for gcrypt from 1.4.0 (from configure) to 1.6.1 where said flag
+  was introduced. Require this version to build.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 30 18:52:36 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/gpg2.spec b/gpg2.spec
index 20c3f12..2566a65 100644
--- a/gpg2.spec
+++ b/gpg2.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ BuildRequires:  libadns-devel
 BuildRequires:  libassuan-devel >= 2.0.0
 BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel >= 7.10
-BuildRequires:  libgcrypt-devel >= 1.4.0
+# patch11 (gnupg-add_legacy_FIPS_mode_option.patch) mentions GCRYCTL_INACTIVATE_FIPS_FLAG
+# raising gcrypt requirement from 1.4.0
+BuildRequires:  libgcrypt-devel >= 1.6.1
 BuildRequires:  libgpg-error-devel >= 1.11
 BuildRequires:  libksba-devel >= 1.0.7
 BuildRequires:  libusb-devel