diff --git a/x3270.changes b/x3270.changes
index 4cf5871..498e5c6 100644
--- a/x3270.changes
+++ b/x3270.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 21 10:52:31 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add autoconf as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 19 15:54:05 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.de
 
diff --git a/x3270.spec b/x3270.spec
index 344183d..03607ac 100644
--- a/x3270.spec
+++ b/x3270.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           x3270
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-devel