diff --git a/python-flit.changes b/python-flit.changes
index 81d9953..0d193b2 100644
--- a/python-flit.changes
+++ b/python-flit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May  8 05:53:27 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- BuildRequire PyYAML, see https://github.com/pypa/flit/issues/643
+
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 Fri Apr 21 12:25:15 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-flit.spec b/python-flit.spec
index c63467c..bdfe536 100644
--- a/python-flit.spec
+++ b/python-flit.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/pypa/flit
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/f/flit/flit-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyYAML}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.6}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docutils}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module flit-core >= 3.8.0}