diff --git a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
index 3f4abd3..321af18 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 Name:           cyrus-sasl-saslauthd
 BuildRequires:  db-devel krb5-devel mysql-devel openldap2-devel opie pam-devel postgresql-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 License:        BSD4c(or similar)
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 Url:            http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.changes b/cyrus-sasl.changes
index 7b403fc..97ea70a 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.changes
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 20:07:52 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 18 00:16:04 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.spec b/cyrus-sasl.spec
index 8dfcb75..bbcd8ce 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.spec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Name:           cyrus-sasl
 Version:        2.1.23
 Release:        14
 BuildRequires:  db-devel krb5-mini-devel openssl-devel opie pam-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 Obsoletes:      cyrus-sasl2 <= %{version}
 Provides:       cyrus-sasl2 = %{version}
 License:        BSD4c(or similar)