diff --git a/sudo.changes b/sudo.changes
index cee045a..28090e2 100644
--- a/sudo.changes
+++ b/sudo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 26 15:34:58 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add explicit buildrequire on groff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 13 19:08:05 CEST 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/sudo.spec b/sudo.spec
index 093b208..e901fd4 100644
--- a/sudo.spec
+++ b/sudo.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Source2:        README.SUSE
 Patch0:         sudoers2ldif-env.patch
 Patch1:         sudo-sudoers.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel
+BuildRequires:  groff
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel