diff --git a/openldap.spec b/openldap.spec
index e67ced0..acd2ce4 100644
--- a/openldap.spec
+++ b/openldap.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Patch102: openldap-fedora-systemd.patch
 Patch200: openldap-evolution-ntlm.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cyrus-sasl-devel, nss-devel, krb5-devel, tcp_wrappers-devel, unixODBC-devel
-BuildRequires: glibc-devel, libtool, libtool-ltdl-devel, groff, perl
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel, libtool, libtool-ltdl-devel, groff, perl, perl-devel, perl(ExtUtils::Embed)
 # smbk5pwd overlay:
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel
 Requires: nss-tools
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ exit 0
 * Mon Mar 11 2013 Jan Synáček <jsynacek@redhat.com> 2.4.34-1
 - enable perl backend (#820547)
 - package ppolicy-check-password (#829749)
+- add perl specific BuildRequires
 
 * Wed Mar 06 2013 Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@fedoraproject.org> 2.4.34-1
 - new upstream release (#917603)