diff --git a/sudo.changes b/sudo.changes
index 7051654..845c120 100644
--- a/sudo.changes
+++ b/sudo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 19 09:13:54 UTC 2016 - kstreitova@suse.com
+
+- add "BuildRequires: cyrus-sasl-devel" to enable SASL
+  authentication [bnc#979531]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 29 11:34:18 UTC 2016 - kstreitova@suse.com
 
diff --git a/sudo.spec b/sudo.spec
index aed9e07..efbe42b 100644
--- a/sudo.spec
+++ b/sudo.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Patch0:         sudoers2ldif-env.patch
 Patch1:         sudo-sudoers.patch
 Patch2:         sudo-1.8.16-pam_groups.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel
+BuildRequires:  cyrus-sasl-devel
 BuildRequires:  groff
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel