diff --git a/pcfclock.changes b/pcfclock.changes
index 0b01992..a08d77e 100644
--- a/pcfclock.changes
+++ b/pcfclock.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 15 12:05:55 CET 2017 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add libelf-devel to buildrequires (should actually be required
+  by kernel-devel I guess) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 11 15:19:41 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/pcfclock.spec b/pcfclock.spec
index 7fb4a3f..a3a25ae 100644
--- a/pcfclock.spec
+++ b/pcfclock.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Patch4:         pcfclock-linux-3.19.patch
 Patch5:         pcfclock-linux-4.12.patch
 BuildRequires:  kernel-source
 BuildRequires:  kernel-syms
+BuildRequires:  libelf-devel
 BuildRequires:  module-init-tools
 Requires:       pcfclock-kmp
 # systemd-tmpfiles