diff --git a/libxfce4ui.changes b/libxfce4ui.changes
index fbac2e9..fe22b1e 100644
--- a/libxfce4ui.changes
+++ b/libxfce4ui.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 15 11:04:48 UTC 2012 - gber@opensuse.org
+
+- avoid circular dependency between libxfce4ui and exo
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  9 08:05:44 UTC 2012 - gber@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libxfce4ui.spec b/libxfce4ui.spec
index 95ad400..4b924c8 100644
--- a/libxfce4ui.spec
+++ b/libxfce4ui.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libstartup-notification-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxfce4util-1.0) >= 4.9.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxfconf-0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sm)
+# avoid circular dependency between libxfce4ui and exo
+#!BuildIgnore:  exo-tools
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description