diff --git a/docker.changes b/docker.changes
index 9d6c117..cf7880d 100644
--- a/docker.changes
+++ b/docker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  8 06:41:21 UTC 2018 - Valentin Rothberg <vrothberg@suse.com>
+
+- Reduce the disk footprint by recommending git-core instead of
+  hard requiring it.
+  bsc#1108038
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep  4 08:32:43 UTC 2018 - rbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/docker.spec b/docker.spec
index 62d0a72..55e2c41 100644
--- a/docker.spec
+++ b/docker.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 # nodebuginfo
 
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ Requires:       docker-runc%{name_suffix}-git = %{required_dockerrunc}
 Requires:       catatonit
 # Provides mkfs.ext4 - used by Docker when devicemapper storage driver is used
 Requires:       e2fsprogs
-Requires:       git-core >= 1.7
 Requires:       iproute2 >= 3.5
 Requires:       iptables >= 1.4
 Requires:       procps
@@ -134,6 +133,7 @@ Obsoletes:      docker-image-migrator
 # configured to use lvm and the user doesn't explicitly provide a
 # different storage-driver than devicemapper
 Recommends:     lvm2 >= 2.2.89
+Recommends:     git-core >= 1.7
 Conflicts:      lxc < 1.0
 ExcludeArch:    s390 ppc
 # Make sure we build with go 1.10