diff --git a/lbdb.spec b/lbdb.spec
index 6c535fe..5ac7d08 100644
--- a/lbdb.spec
+++ b/lbdb.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 Name:           lbdb
 Summary:        Address Database for mutt
 Version:        0.38
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 License:        GPLv2+
 Url:            http://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
 Group:          Applications/Communications
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Patch1:         lbdb-0.38-evolution.diff
 # fix hostname lookup if multiple domains are listed in resolv.conf
 Patch2:         lbdb-hostname.diff
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pod2man
+BuildRequires:  abook
 Requires:       perl(Net::LDAP)
 Requires:       perl(Getopt::Long)
 
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ BUILD_ROOT=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} make \
 %doc %{_mandir}/man?/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Nov 10 2013 Omair Majid <omajid@redhat.com> - 0.38-8
+- Add BuildRequires: abook to include abook support
+
 * Sat Aug 03 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.38-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild