diff --git a/dracut.changes b/dracut.changes
index 6b5d945..753a231 100644
--- a/dracut.changes
+++ b/dracut.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jul 26 08:16:53 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- get_kernel_version is required for /sbin/mkinitrd
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  2 12:59:27 UTC 2015 - trenn@suse.de
 
diff --git a/dracut.spec b/dracut.spec
index e4a0bf9..ef5f7f0 100644
--- a/dracut.spec
+++ b/dracut.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package dracut
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ BuildRequires:  docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
 BuildRequires:  suse-module-tools
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd) >= 199
+Requires:       /usr/bin/get_kernel_version
 Requires:       bash
 Requires:       coreutils
 Requires:       cpio