diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index 42a0f69..4e5a82c 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Summary: A garbage collector for C and C++
 Name:    gc	
 Version: 7.1
 
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: BSD
 Url:     http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Patch50: gc-7.1-dup_cpp_headers.patch
 Patch100: gc-7.1-dont_add_byte.patch
 
 BuildRequires: automake libtool 
-BuildRequires: libatomic_ops-devel
+BuildRequires: libatomic_ops-static libatomic_ops-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 
 # rpmforge compatibility
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec  8 2009 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 7.1-10
+- Explicitly BR libatomic_ops-static in accordance with the Packaging
+  Guidelines (libatomic_ops-devel is still static-only).
+
 * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 7.1-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild