diff --git a/dx.spec b/dx.spec
index c9fe1e2..b1e19e1 100644
--- a/dx.spec
+++ b/dx.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Open source version of IBM's Visualization Data Explorer
 Name: dx
 Version: 4.4.4
-Release: 12%{?dist}
+Release: 13%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.opendx.org/
 Group: Applications/Engineering
 Source0: http://opendx.informatics.jax.org/source/dx-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: bison
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires: flex
-BuildRequires: hdf-devel
+BuildRequires: hdf-static, hdf-devel
 BuildRequires: ImageMagick-devel
 #FIXME doesn't build currently
 #BuildRequires: java-devel
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec  8 2009 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.4-13
+- Explicitly BR hdf-static in accordance with the Packaging
+  Guidelines (hdf-devel is still static-only).
+
 * Sun Nov 08 2009 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm@greysector.net> 4.4.4-12
 - bump release to clear up cvs tag mixup
 
@@ -209,4 +213,4 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 * Fri Aug 18 2006 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm@greysector.net>
 - initial build
-- fix lib paths
\ No newline at end of file
+- fix lib paths