diff --git a/perl-IO-stringy.changes b/perl-IO-stringy.changes
index 31da17c..473ef35 100644
--- a/perl-IO-stringy.changes
+++ b/perl-IO-stringy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:38:42 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-stringy.spec b/perl-IO-stringy.spec
index 253723a..8949f32 100644
--- a/perl-IO-stringy.spec
+++ b/perl-IO-stringy.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Version:        2.110
 Release:        136
 Source:         IO-stringy-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 I/O on in-core objects like strings and arrays