diff --git a/perl-Crypt-DES.changes b/perl-Crypt-DES.changes
index bd56bd2..930ad04 100644
--- a/perl-Crypt-DES.changes
+++ b/perl-Crypt-DES.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:38:26 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
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 Sun Jan 10 15:43:32 CET 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Crypt-DES.spec b/perl-Crypt-DES.spec
index 1969194..b2d2d36 100644
--- a/perl-Crypt-DES.spec
+++ b/perl-Crypt-DES.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Url:            http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Crypt/
 Summary:        Crypt::DES Perl Module
 Source:         Crypt-DES-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 An XS-based DES implementation for Perl.