diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index f94780d..2a035bb 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 30 11:15:44 CEST 2021 - mls@suse.de
+
+- require the exact version of librpmbuild in the rpm-build
+  package [bnc#1180965]
+
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 Mon Feb 22 12:57:44 UTC 2021 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
@@ -11,7 +17,6 @@ Mon Feb  8 09:38:33 UTC 2021 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
 - auto-config-update-aarch64-ppc64le.diff: update grep regex
 
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-Thu Jan 14 15:40:39 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
 - Add explicit requirement on python-rpm-macros to avoid widespread
   breakage by package mistakenly ignoring their requirement of
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 345eba9..a7d26d5 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ need an intimate knowledge of RPM packages in order to function.
 %package build
 Summary:        Tools and Scripts to create rpm packages
 Group:          System/Packages
+Requires:       librpmbuild%{librpmsover} = %{version}
 Requires:       rpm = %{version}
 Provides:       rpm:%_bindir/rpmbuild
 Provides:       rpmbuild