diff --git a/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes b/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes
index 809b544..d7c4052 100644
--- a/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes
+++ b/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 10 18:48:42 UTC 2016 - fisiu@opensuse.org
+
+- Require boost => 1.61 to fix build failures.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug 28 12:34:58 UTC 2016 - sor.alexei@meowr.ru
 
diff --git a/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec b/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec
index b12bb91..543154b 100644
--- a/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec
+++ b/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Url:            http://libtorrent.org/
 Source:         https://github.com/arvidn/%{_name}/releases/download/%{_name}-%{_version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  boost-devel >= 1.53
+BuildRequires:  boost-devel >= 1.61
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ for py in python; do
     %configure \
       --disable-static                   \
       --disable-silent-rules             \
+      --with-libiconv                    \
 %if %{with tests}
       --enable-tests                     \
 %endif