diff --git a/python-xattr.changes b/python-xattr.changes
index 3d6f1cb..bdac880 100644
--- a/python-xattr.changes
+++ b/python-xattr.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)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 16 06:12:13 UTC 2014 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-xattr.spec b/python-xattr.spec
index a48a154..1a621d5 100644
--- a/python-xattr.spec
+++ b/python-xattr.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-xattr
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Source:         xattr-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  python-cffi
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
-Requires:       python-cffi >= 0.4
+%requires_eq    python-cffi
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Provides:       pyxattr = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      pyxattr < %{version}