diff --git a/python-cryptography.changes b/python-cryptography.changes
index 481a81b..ab9b2b1 100644
--- a/python-cryptography.changes
+++ b/python-cryptography.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 30 12:01:27 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- require the cffi version it was built against to avoid (bsc#948198)
+
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 Tue Sep 29 13:54:24 UTC 2015 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-cryptography.spec b/python-cryptography.spec
index c899f89..8616064 100644
--- a/python-cryptography.spec
+++ b/python-cryptography.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-pretend
 BuildRequires:  python-pyasn1 >= 0.1.8
 BuildRequires:  python-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python-virtualenv
-Requires:       python-cffi >= 1.1.0
+%requires_eq    python-cffi
 Requires:       python-enum34
 Requires:       python-idna >= 2.0
 Requires:       python-ipaddress