diff --git a/python-python-magic.changes b/python-python-magic.changes
index f761d73..649146c 100644
--- a/python-python-magic.changes
+++ b/python-python-magic.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  3 19:12:38 UTC 2015 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Explicitly require file
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb  2 23:16:35 UTC 2015 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-python-magic.spec b/python-python-magic.spec
index 36ac42e..28bb8c1 100644
--- a/python-python-magic.spec
+++ b/python-python-magic.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Url:            http://github.com/ahupp/python-magic
 Source:         https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/python-magic/python-magic-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  file
+Requires:       file
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}