diff --git a/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.changes b/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.changes
index 7c08ee9..4d15488 100644
--- a/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.changes
+++ b/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 19 08:38:20 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add perl as explicit buildrequire
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 25 21:39:25 CET 2006 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.spec b/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.spec
index 12cee46..327a6ed 100644
--- a/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.spec
+++ b/perl-Algorithm-Annotate.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Version:        0.10
 Release:        137
 Source:         http://cpan.org/modules/by-module/Algorithm/Algorithm-Annotate-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  perl
 
 %description
 Algorithm::Annotate generates a list that is useful for generating