diff --git a/nfs-utils.changes b/nfs-utils.changes
index b01d661..385bd69 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.changes
+++ b/nfs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec  7 11:18:24 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- add sysvinit prereqs to make sure the scripts are there before
+  installation (also for building)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 11 06:17:55 UTC 2010 - nfbrown@novell.com
 
diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index e6e50be..1bdfd0d 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Summary:        Support Utilities for NFS
 Obsoletes:      nfs-utils < 1.1.0
 Requires:       rpcbind
 PreReq:         %fillup_prereq %insserv_prereq
-PreReq:         permissions
+PreReq:         permissions sysvinit(portmap) sysvinit(network)
 Provides:       aaa_base:/etc/init.d/nfs
 
 %description -n nfs-client