diff --git a/perl-XML-Parser.changes b/perl-XML-Parser.changes
index 6146b31..ca3bec9 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Parser.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-Parser.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb  8 08:01:54 UTC 2015 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- avoid a cycle with LWP
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb  7 09:29:57 UTC 2015 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-Parser.spec b/perl-XML-Parser.spec
index 59ef701..7dde838 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Parser.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Parser.spec
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ Patch0:         XML-Parser-2.40.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
-BuildRequires:  perl(LWP::UserAgent)
-Requires:       perl(LWP::UserAgent)
 %{perl_requires}
 # MANUAL
 BuildRequires:  libexpat-devel
+Recommends:     perl(LWP::UserAgent)
 
 %description
 This module provides ways to parse XML documents. It is built on top of the