diff --git a/apache2.changes b/apache2.changes
index e4e297d..642bc1f 100644
--- a/apache2.changes
+++ b/apache2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb  7 16:25:16 UTC 2011 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- recommend the default mpm package (bnc#670027)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 19 17:16:16 UTC 2010 - poeml@cmdline.net
 
diff --git a/apache2.spec b/apache2.spec
index 1bc4732..b9131ea 100644
--- a/apache2.spec
+++ b/apache2.spec
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ Obsoletes:      apache < 1.3.29
 Obsoletes:      mod_ssl < 2.8.16
 %endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1110
+Recommends:     apache2-%default_mpm
+%endif
 
 %description
 Apache 2, the successor to Apache 1.