diff --git a/shared-mime-info.changes b/shared-mime-info.changes
index 896c45c..66e4c3c 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.changes
+++ b/shared-mime-info.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Oct  2 19:32:30 UTC 2011 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Add shared-mime-info to BuildIgnores: libgio-2_0-0 would drag it
+  in, but we can't require *self for build.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 18 16:06:55 UTC 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index 233d5ae..a6b49bb 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 BuildRequires:  xz
 # needed by mime-info-to-mime:
 Requires:       /bin/rm /bin/mkdir /usr/bin/fgrep
+# libgio-2_0-0 Requires: shared-mime-info, but this can't exist yet. We explicitly ignore this dependency here.
+#!BuildIgnore:  shared-mime-info
 # needed by update-mime-database
 PreReq:         libxml2 libglib-2_0-0
 Provides:       %{name}-devel = %{version}-%{release}