diff --git a/joe.changes b/joe.changes
index 1d7dd30..e9ba5b8 100644
--- a/joe.changes
+++ b/joe.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  2 07:22:25 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add automake as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  5 12:38:15 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %configure macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul  9 08:27:23 UTC 2011 - lazy.kent@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/joe.spec b/joe.spec
index 1a7cfdc..03fca9b 100644
--- a/joe.spec
+++ b/joe.spec
@@ -15,16 +15,13 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
-
-
 Name:           joe
+BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Editors/Other
-AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        3.7
-Release:        15
+Release:        0
 Summary:        A Text Editor
 Url:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/joe-editor
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/joe-editor/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ mv -f po/uk.po.tmp po/uk.po
 %build
 autoreconf -fi
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -W -Wno-unused"
-./configure \
+%configure \
   --prefix=%{_prefix} \
   --mandir=%{_mandir} \
   --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \