diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7dbd6a4..03b186ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-11-25  Darshit Shah  <darnir@gmail.com>
+
+	* bootstrap.conf: Add flex as a prerequisite to building Wget from the
+	repository sources
+
 2014-11-22  Darshit Shah  <darnir@gmail.com>
 
 	* build-aux/build_info.pl: Include version.h in the final C file generated
diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 71aa9133..ee99f863 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -105,4 +105,5 @@ perl       5.5
 rsync      -
 tar        -
 xz         -
+flex       -
 "