diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 1e42ce5..1ba175e 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Oct 28 05:20:40 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- gawk and file are build essentials too
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 16 18:39:11 CEST 2012 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 9fa7dd1..baac303 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ Provides:       rpmbuild
 # SUSE's build essentials
 Requires:       binutils
 Requires:       bzip2
+Requires:       file
 Requires:       findutils
+Requires:       gawk
 Requires:       gcc
 Requires:       gettext-tools
 Requires:       glibc-devel