diff --git a/libeconf.changes b/libeconf.changes
index 2b29dc7..23457bb 100644
--- a/libeconf.changes
+++ b/libeconf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 22 12:16:36 UTC 2020 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- explicitly BuildRequire: pkgconfig for /usr/lib/rpm/pkgconfigdeps.sh
+  On TW it's pulled in implicitly by libxcrypt-devel which is not the
+  case on 15.2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 10 21:15:09 UTC 2020 - rbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libeconf.spec b/libeconf.spec
index 3618d19..6a1e35b 100644
--- a/libeconf.spec
+++ b/libeconf.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ URL:            https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf
 Source:         libeconf-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 BuildRequires:  meson
+# for /usr/lib/rpm/pkgconfigdeps.sh
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 
 %description
 Enhanced config file parser, which merges config files placed