diff --git a/gvfs.changes b/gvfs.changes
index c3ad8fb..48e9375 100644
--- a/gvfs.changes
+++ b/gvfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 15 04:47:08 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 26 14:39:21 UTC 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gvfs.spec b/gvfs.spec
index 046467b..2f4d2ae 100644
--- a/gvfs.spec
+++ b/gvfs.spec
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libgudev-1_0-devel
 BuildRequires:  libimobiledevice-devel >= 1.1.0
 BuildRequires:  libsmbclient-devel
 BuildRequires:  libsoup-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 Requires:       libgvfscommon0 = %{version}