diff --git a/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec b/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec
index f588f840e6..470b58f6dd 100644
--- a/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec
+++ b/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Source0:      http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-%{version}.tar.gz
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
 BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 0.9-33, openssl, make
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 0.9-33, openssl, make, flex
 PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 0.9-33
 AutoReq:      no
 AutoReqProv:  no
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     %setup -q 
 
 %build
+    PATH="%{l_prefix}/bin:$PATH"; export PATH 
     CC="%{l_cc}" \
     CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
     ./configure \