diff --git a/libphonenumber.changes b/libphonenumber.changes
index e144c47..dff5723 100644
--- a/libphonenumber.changes
+++ b/libphonenumber.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 26 09:00:14 UTC 2023 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- absl is also needed for using the -devel package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 23 06:14:07 UTC 2023 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libphonenumber.spec b/libphonenumber.spec
index 8274097..1e76114 100644
--- a/libphonenumber.spec
+++ b/libphonenumber.spec
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ for running on smartphones, and is used by the Android framework since 4.0
 Summary:        Library for parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{name}%{lib_ver} = %{version}
+Requires:       cmake(absl)
 Requires:       pkgconfig(protobuf) >= 2.4
 
 %description    devel