diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 0c79844..5fca0d0 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 29 09:06:00 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- add BuildRequires aaa_base to get get_kernel_version
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 19 14:09:27 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index fe1cde4..15c4e69 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 Name:           libguestfs
 ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64
+BuildRequires:  aaa_base
 BuildRequires:  attr-devel
 BuildRequires:  augeas-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf