diff --git a/rtkit.changes b/rtkit.changes
index 6957d47..cb5f254 100644
--- a/rtkit.changes
+++ b/rtkit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 20 21:08:37 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add automake as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  8 13:52:01 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rtkit.spec b/rtkit.spec
index cba5ee1..3c3a1bb 100644
--- a/rtkit.spec
+++ b/rtkit.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Release:        0
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Url:            http://git.0pointer.de/?p=rtkit.git
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-devel >= 1.2
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
 BuildRequires:  polkit-devel