diff --git a/ruby-build.changes b/ruby-build.changes
index d6b309e..e29658e 100644
--- a/ruby-build.changes
+++ b/ruby-build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  4 11:03:09 UTC 2012 - dmacvicar@suse.de
+
+- add BuildRoot tag
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 16 10:27:36 UTC 2011 - dmacvicar@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ruby-build.spec b/ruby-build.spec
index 991707f..9ecee1c 100644
--- a/ruby-build.spec
+++ b/ruby-build.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Group:    Development/Languages/Ruby
 Summary:  Compile and install Ruby
 Source0:  sstephenson-ruby-build-v%{version}-0-g495b248.tar.bz2
 Requires: bash
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build 
 
 %description
 ruby-build provides a simple way to compile and install different versions of Ruby on UNIX-like systems.