diff --git a/libselinux.spec b/libselinux.spec
index 2449b28..300550c 100644
--- a/libselinux.spec
+++ b/libselinux.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ decisions.  Required for any applications that use the SELinux API.
 Summary: SELinux python bindings for libselinux
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: libselinux = %{version}-%{release} 
-BuildRequires: python-devel libsepol-devel
+BuildRequires: python-devel libsepol-devel  >= %{libsepolver}
 
 %description python
 The libselinux-python package contains the python bindings for developing