diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 5b71adb..5841afe 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 29 16:48:23 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- build with attr-devel
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 29 16:35:22 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index dd6d721..2b9261b 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Requires: kvm >= 1.1
 %if %suse_version >= 1140
 BuildRequires:  augeas-devel
 %endif
+BuildRequires:  attr-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  file-devel