diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index acaefde..3374996 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 17 17:58:23 UTC 2014 - rschweikert@suse.com
+
+- add dependency n growpart to aupport root partition expansion
+
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 Mon Jan 20 17:51:24 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
  
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index 3236d3d..58a78ea 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  filesystem
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+Requires:       growpart
 Requires:       python-argparse
 Requires:       python-boto >= 2.7
 Requires:       python-cheetah