diff --git a/patch.changes b/patch.changes
index 1693861..2fbd355 100644
--- a/patch.changes
+++ b/patch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  6 16:04:33 CET 2012 - jdelvare@suse.de
+
+- Add missing build requirement: xz.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  6 15:34:14 CET 2012 - jdelvare@suse.de
 
diff --git a/patch.spec b/patch.spec
index 4fae4e0..c7be337 100644
--- a/patch.spec
+++ b/patch.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Summary:        GNU patch
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-%version.tar.xz
+BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description