diff --git a/perl-IO-String.changes b/perl-IO-String.changes
index 08e79ed..9571076 100644
--- a/perl-IO-String.changes
+++ b/perl-IO-String.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:38:41 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 10 15:43:32 CET 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/perl-IO-String.spec b/perl-IO-String.spec
index e02c41b..f776118 100644
--- a/perl-IO-String.spec
+++ b/perl-IO-String.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Version:        1.08
 Release:        135
 Source:         IO-String-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 IO::String is an IO::File (and IO::Handle) compatible class that read