diff --git a/xinit.changes b/xinit.changes
index b453984..e433fe4 100644
--- a/xinit.changes
+++ b/xinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 23 17:07:35 UTC 2015 - sndirsch@suse.com
+
+- apparently with release 1.3.4 xinit needs cc1plus; otherwise
+  generation of startx fails and results in a file with a size
+  of 0 bytes
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 21 09:40:03 UTC 2015 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xinit.spec b/xinit.spec
index 9a029c9..6264890 100644
--- a/xinit.spec
+++ b/xinit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xinit
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Patch1:         xinit-client-session.patch
 Patch2:         xinit-suse.patch
 Patch3:         xinit-tolerant-hostname-changes.patch
 # needed for patch0
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)