diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index e3c1325..cd1a430 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: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: BSD
 Url:     http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/	
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch1: gc-7.0-gcinit.patch
 Patch100: gc-7.1-dont_add_byte.patch
 
 BuildRequires: automake libtool 
+BuildRequires: libatomic_ops-devel
 
 # rpmforge compatibility
 Obsoletes: libgc < %{version}-%{release}
@@ -111,6 +112,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 03 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 7.1-4
+- BR: libatomic_ops-devel
+
 * Mon Sep 08 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 7.1-3
 - upstream DONT_ADD_BYTE_AT_END patch
 - spec cosmetics