diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 1507f59..f8ae449 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Mon May 15 15:53:21 MDT 2011 - jfehlig@suse.de
 
 - Remove vi_VN locale if suse_version < 11.3
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 12 13:40:09 UTC 2011 - fcrozat@suse.com
+
+- Enable cap_ng when building lxc support.
+
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 Thu May  5 19:01:54 MDT 2011 - jfehlig@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index db27ec8..f6d8c8a 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@
 %define with_hal           0%{!?_without_hal:%{server_drivers}}
 %endif
 
-# libcapng is used to manage capabilities in 11.3 or newer
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1130
+# libcapng is used to manage capabilities in 11.3 or newer.
+# It is also used by lxc and needs to be enabled if lxc is enabled.
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1130 || %{with_lxc}
 %define with_capng         0%{!?_without_capng:1}
 %endif