diff --git a/lzo.changes b/lzo.changes
index 8559951..6d3a07c 100644
--- a/lzo.changes
+++ b/lzo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 14 15:17:27 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Add pkgconfig BuildRequires: allow the rpm dep generator to
+  inspect the shipped .pc file and produce requires/provides.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 30 00:00:00 CEST 2017 - dsterba@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/lzo.spec b/lzo.spec
index d0a190c..d50d261 100644
--- a/lzo.spec
+++ b/lzo.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Url:            http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/
 Source:         http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/%{name}/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64