diff --git a/akonadi-server.changes b/akonadi-server.changes
index 5600744..e9bd110 100644
--- a/akonadi-server.changes
+++ b/akonadi-server.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 18 14:58:50 UTC 2022 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
+
+- In SLE-15-SP3 we had patches that made akonadi fall back to
+  sqlite if the mysql backend is not available. Those patches were
+  already merged by upstream so we can let the package Recommend
+  mysql instead of Require it, since it's not available in SLED.
+  The Requires are set unless branding-SLE is installed so the
+  requirements are used in Leap/TW but not in SLE where it's only
+  a Recommends and an alternate Requirements is used in that case
+  where the sqlite backend is installed if mysql is not available.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 11 14:31:39 UTC 2022 - Christophe Giboudeaux <christophe@krop.fr>
 
diff --git a/akonadi-server.spec b/akonadi-server.spec
index 33b77d8..20a8538 100644
--- a/akonadi-server.spec
+++ b/akonadi-server.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package akonadi-server
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ BuildRequires:  cmake(Qt5Sql)
 BuildRequires:  cmake(Qt5Test)
 BuildRequires:  cmake(Qt5Widgets)
 BuildRequires:  cmake(Qt5Xml)
-Requires:       libqt5-sql-mysql
-Requires:       mysql
+Requires:       ((akonadi-server-sqlite or (libqt5-sql-mysql and mysql)) if branding-SLE)
+Requires:       (libqt5-sql-mysql or branding-SLE)
+Requires:       (mysql or branding-SLE)
+Recommends:     libqt5-sql-mysql
+Recommends:     mysql
 # FIXME: Check if it's worth it
 Recommends:     kaccounts-integration
 Recommends:     kaccounts-providers