diff --git a/gpm.changes b/gpm.changes
index 8de2224..f646688 100644
--- a/gpm.changes
+++ b/gpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 15 04:47:11 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 30 15:18:56 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gpm.spec b/gpm.spec
index 21460e8..19ee82e 100644
--- a/gpm.spec
+++ b/gpm.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           gpm
-BuildRequires:  bison lzma ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:  bison libtool lzma ncurses-devel
 Url:            http://linux.schottelius.org/gpm/
 License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          System/Console