diff --git a/support-files/mysql.spec.sh b/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
index 5afddee609b..99280385965 100644
--- a/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
+++ b/support-files/mysql.spec.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Packager:	Lenz Grimmer <build@mysql.com>
 Vendor:		MySQL AB
 Requires: fileutils sh-utils
 Provides:	msqlormysql MySQL-server mysql
-BuildPrereq: ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 Obsoletes:	mysql
 
 # Think about what you use here since the first step is to
@@ -607,6 +607,10 @@ fi
 # itself - note that they must be ordered by date (important when
 # merging BK trees)
 %changelog 
+* Fri Jan 14 2005 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
+
+- replaced obsoleted "BuildPrereq" with "BuildRequires" instead
+
 * Thu Dec 31 2004 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
 
 - enabled the "Archive" storage engine for the max binary