diff --git a/rust/package/agama.changes b/rust/package/agama.changes
index e9b252f690..50864ec07f 100644
--- a/rust/package/agama.changes
+++ b/rust/package/agama.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 18 10:11:44 UTC 2024 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>
+
+- Add jsonnet as a BuildRequires dependency because it is needed
+  when running tests (gh#agama-project/agama#1842).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 12 16:42:18 UTC 2024 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/rust/package/agama.spec b/rust/package/agama.spec
index 4ac788432c..d7e45ce241 100644
--- a/rust/package/agama.spec
+++ b/rust/package/agama.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ BuildRequires:  dbus-1-daemon
 BuildRequires:  clang-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pam)
 # required by autoinstallation
+BuildRequires:  jsonnet
 Requires:       jsonnet
 Requires:       lshw
 # required by "agama logs store"