diff --git a/python-lxml.changes b/python-lxml.changes
index 4f758ad..18b6ca0 100644
--- a/python-lxml.changes
+++ b/python-lxml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  1 19:15:10 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Add missing dependency on python-base for the devel subpackage.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun  1 11:29:24 UTC 2021 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-lxml.spec b/python-lxml.spec
index 61bc893..aa27689 100644
--- a/python-lxml.spec
+++ b/python-lxml.spec
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ This package contains documentation for lxml (HTML and PDF).
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development files for python-lxml
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base}
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 
 %description devel