diff --git a/obs-service-source_validator.changes b/obs-service-source_validator.changes
index 27b5f8b..23f3003 100644
--- a/obs-service-source_validator.changes
+++ b/obs-service-source_validator.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  9 06:24:30 UTC 2017 - jayvdb@gmail.com
+
+- Update obs-service-source_validator.spec
+  * Add explicit dependency on obs-build so that osc
+    does not fail on distributions other than openSUSE.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 22 11:21:54 UTC 2017 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/obs-service-source_validator.spec b/obs-service-source_validator.spec
index 664c11f..43ecd24 100644
--- a/obs-service-source_validator.spec
+++ b/obs-service-source_validator.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Requires:       gnupg2
 %endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch
+Requires:       build
 Requires:       /usr/bin/xmllint
 Requires:       perl-TimeDate
 Provides:       osc-source_validator = %version