diff --git a/syslogd.changes b/syslogd.changes
index 4204aa0..3247673 100644
--- a/syslogd.changes
+++ b/syslogd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 18 09:51:21 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- buildrequire systemd by pkgconfig provides to get systemd-mini
+  in build environment (to break cycle)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 17 13:33:09 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/syslogd.spec b/syslogd.spec
index 544193b..9adab78 100644
--- a/syslogd.spec
+++ b/syslogd.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name:           syslogd
 %define omc_prefix /usr/share/omc
 %define omc_svcdir %{omc_prefix}/svcinfo.d
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 Requires(post):   %fillup_prereq
 Requires(post):   %insserv_prereq
 Requires(post):   permissions