diff --git a/file.changes b/file.changes
index 17d2a8a..2d01df1 100644
--- a/file.changes
+++ b/file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 20 14:00:22 UTC 2019 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Require pkgconfig(libseccomp) to enable the sandboxing feature
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 17 09:42:55 UTC 2019 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index f12ec7e..f878132 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Name:           file
 BuildRequires:  bash >= 4.0
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libseccomp)
 URL:            http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64