diff --git a/installation-images.changes b/installation-images.changes
index 040e544..1c63ce1 100644
--- a/installation-images.changes
+++ b/installation-images.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 16 10:28:55 CEST 2017 - snwint@suse.de
+
+- require star explicitly
+
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 12 12:44:42 UTC 2017 - wfeldt@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/installation-images.spec b/installation-images.spec
index 39ad19c..b86ea8b 100644
--- a/installation-images.spec
+++ b/installation-images.spec
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ BuildRequires:  smp_utils
 BuildRequires:  socat
 BuildRequires:  sqlite3
 BuildRequires:  squashfs
+BuildRequires:  star
 BuildRequires:  strace
 BuildRequires:  systemd-sysvinit
 BuildRequires:  tcpd-devel