diff --git a/libtool.changes b/libtool.changes
index 985e0a4..94d1677 100644
--- a/libtool.changes
+++ b/libtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 27 13:49:37 CEST 2010 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- tar is in /bin/tar, so a requires to /usr/bin/tar doesn't work
+
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 Fri May  7 16:17:08 UTC 2010 - pth@novell.com
 
diff --git a/libtool.spec b/libtool.spec
index 220fe9a..6ea74b2 100644
--- a/libtool.spec
+++ b/libtool.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 Name:           libtool
 BuildRequires:  lzma zlib-devel
-Requires:       /usr/bin/tar
+Requires:       tar
 License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Summary:        A Tool to Build Shared Libraries