diff --git a/coreutils.changes b/coreutils.changes
index d023ebf..b2e1d8d 100644
--- a/coreutils.changes
+++ b/coreutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 31 09:36:00 UTC 2010 - aj@suse.de
+
+- Recommend instead of require lang package since it's not mandatory.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  1 21:23:40 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 93cfa3d..6c17d74 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Obsoletes:      fileutils < %{version}, sh-utils < %{version}, stat < %version},
 Obsoletes:      libselinux <= 1.23.11-3 libselinux-32bit = 9 libselinux-64bit = 9 libselinux-x86 = 9
 AutoReqProv:    on
 PreReq:         %{install_info_prereq}
-Requires:       %{name}-lang = %version
+Recommends:     %{name}-lang = %version
 Requires:       pam >= 1.1.1.90
 Source:         coreutils-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        su.pamd