diff --git a/patch.changes b/patch.changes
index 3f64de2..812f6b9 100644
--- a/patch.changes
+++ b/patch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 18 11:16:34 CEST 2018 - jdelvare@suse.de
+
+- Add ed as BuildRequires so ed-style patches can be checked by
+  the test suite.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 18 08:53:00 UTC 2018 - jdelvare@suse.de
 
diff --git a/patch.spec b/patch.spec
index d457b02..6c94469 100644
--- a/patch.spec
+++ b/patch.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Patch7:         ed-style-06-fix-test-failure.patch
 # See bnc#662957. The fix for CVE-2010-4651 breaks the way interdiff was
 # invoking patch, so interdiff had to be fixed too.
 Conflicts:      patchutils < 0.3.2
+BuildRequires:  ed
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1220
 BuildRequires:  xz
 %endif