diff --git a/ddclient.changes b/ddclient.changes
index d324a05..0fce63c 100644
--- a/ddclient.changes
+++ b/ddclient.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 15 10:34:17 CEST 2011 - ro@suse.de
+
+- upgrade Suggests for perl-IO-Socket-SSL to Recommends
+  (bnc#723688)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 18 17:17:12 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/ddclient.spec b/ddclient.spec
index e1999f3..91b3233 100644
--- a/ddclient.spec
+++ b/ddclient.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Patch1:         %{name}-3.8.0-update_nic.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 PreReq:         %fillup_prereq
 Requires:       perl >= 5.004
-Suggests:       perl-IO-Socket-SSL
+Recommends:     perl-IO-Socket-SSL
 
 %description
 ddclient is a small full-featured client requiring only Perl. Supported