diff --git a/putty.changes b/putty.changes
index 28102b2..19e7cbc 100644
--- a/putty.changes
+++ b/putty.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 14 11:21:17 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Add missing python BuildRequire (for mkicon.py)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 11 22:22:08 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/putty.spec b/putty.spec
index d452cbc..04c45cd 100644
--- a/putty.spec
+++ b/putty.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  ImageMagick
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
+BuildRequires:  python
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 Conflicts:      pssh