diff --git a/libtool.changes b/libtool.changes
index d740ce1..e2763ab 100644
--- a/libtool.changes
+++ b/libtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 29 13:45:11 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- buildrequire automake for file list check
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 10 10:30:14 CET 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libtool.spec b/libtool.spec
index ce96589..d96f669 100644
--- a/libtool.spec
+++ b/libtool.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 Name:           libtool
 BuildRequires:  lzma zlib-devel
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ gcc-fortran gcc-objc
+BuildRequires:  automake gcc-c++ gcc-fortran gcc-objc
 Requires:       tar
 Requires:       automake > 1.4
 License:        GPLv2+