diff --git a/ruby.changes b/ruby.changes
index 3ca312e..0e8202d 100644
--- a/ruby.changes
+++ b/ruby.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  1 17:03:34 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add automake as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  7 13:02:17 UTC 2011 - mrueckert@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index 3556c94..f10d743 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          Development/Languages/Ruby
 #
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  bison gdbm-devel gperf graphviz libjpeg-devel openssl-devel readline-devel tk-devel
+BuildRequires:  bison gdbm-devel gperf graphviz libjpeg-devel openssl-devel readline-devel tk-devel automake
 # for openssl testsuite
 BuildRequires:  openssl
 #define with_bleak_house 1