diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index a7bb74a..9aa25ae 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 30 12:10:34 CET 2014 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- add BuildRequires:  ocaml(ocaml.opt)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 23 17:53:31 CET 2014 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index ee1a587..8a575ed 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 # Required to build tools, its independent from bindings
 BuildRequires:  ocaml
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib
+%if %suse_version > 1310
+BuildRequires:  ocaml(ocaml.opt)
+%endif
 %define _configure_ocaml --enable-ocaml
 %endif
 #