diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index 0c2dbb1..1686a4e 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 13 13:13:13 UTC 2024 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- To create rckexec-reload, the service binary is required at
+  build time. This binary is provided by aaa_base. Make sure this
+  package is available during build.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 12 11:15:32 UTC 2024 - Petr Tesařík <ptesarik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 41ebc9a..f770c67 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Patch4:         %{name}-vmcoreinfo-in-xen.patch
 Patch5:         %{name}-riscv64.patch
 Patch10:        %{name}-SYS_getrandom.patch
 Patch11:        %{name}-riscv-hotplug.patch
+BuildRequires:  aaa_base
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros