diff --git a/pulseaudio.changes b/pulseaudio.changes
index 34c105b..e1a6578 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.changes
+++ b/pulseaudio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 15 11:07:54 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- the gdm is not needed during build, so ignore it and avoid huge
+  build cycle
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  7 23:14:04 UTC 2010 - sreeves@novell.com
 
diff --git a/pulseaudio.spec b/pulseaudio.spec
index ed66468..c36a365 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.spec
+++ b/pulseaudio.spec
@@ -295,7 +295,9 @@ Group:          Applications/Multimedia
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       gdm >= 2.22
 #for the gdm user
-Requires(pre): gdm
+Requires(pre):  gdm
+#avoid cycle
+#!BuildIgnore: gdm
 
 %description gdm-hooks
 This package contains GDM integration hooks for the PulseAudio sound server.