diff --git a/libevent.spec b/libevent.spec
index f973ea2..7a9827b 100644
--- a/libevent.spec
+++ b/libevent.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ URL:            http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
 Source0:        http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent-%{version}-stable.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
-BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: doxygen openssl-devel
+
+Requires: openssl
 
 Patch00: libevent-2.0.10-stable-configure.patch