diff --git a/aspell.changes b/aspell.changes
index af8e15f..15e0311 100644
--- a/aspell.changes
+++ b/aspell.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct  9 14:19:57 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- recommend aspell-en also from the library [bsc#1177523]
+
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 Thu Oct  8 13:55:21 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/aspell.spec b/aspell.spec
index 1de65e5..ac064c3 100644
--- a/aspell.spec
+++ b/aspell.spec
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ This package contains the aspell library.
 %package -n libpspell15
 Summary:        GNU Aspell - Pspell Compatibility Library
 Group:          System/Libraries
+Recommends:     aspell-en
 
 %description -n libpspell15
 GNU Aspell is a spell checker planned to eventually replace Ispell. It