diff --git a/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in b/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
index 6a9d37e..06328fa 100644
--- a/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
@@ -933,6 +933,8 @@ Requires:       kernel-devel%variant = %version-%source_rel
 Recommends:     make
 Recommends:     gcc
 Recommends:     perl
+# for objtool
+Requires:	libelf-devel
 Supplements:    packageand(%name:kernel-devel%variant)
 %else
 Requires:       kernel-source-vanilla = %version-%source_rel