diff --git a/acct.changes b/acct.changes
index a462890..9c670c1 100644
--- a/acct.changes
+++ b/acct.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 20:07:39 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep 17 10:43:53 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/acct.spec b/acct.spec
index 68e90c8..41c62bc 100644
--- a/acct.spec
+++ b/acct.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Release:        829
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        rc.acct
 Source2:        logrotate.acct
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 Patch:          %{name}-%{version}-axp.dif
 Patch1:         %{name}-%{version}-ac.dif
 Patch2:         %{name}-%{version}-info.diff