diff --git a/uthash.spec b/uthash.spec
index 7bb9614..b626d2f 100644
--- a/uthash.spec
+++ b/uthash.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ License:	BSD
 URL:		http://troydhanson.github.io/uthash
 Source0:	https://github.com/troydhanson/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+BuildRequires:	perl
+
 %description
 %{common_desc}
 
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ export CFLAGS="-fPIC ${CFLAGS}"
 * Sat Dec 17 2016 Björn Esser <fedora@besser82.io> - 2.0.1-1
 - Update to new upstream release v2.0.1
 - Introduce libut / libvector
+- Add BR: perl
 
 * Fri Feb 05 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.9.9-10
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild