diff --git a/dracut.changes b/dracut.changes
index b248746..c72c1ff 100644
--- a/dracut.changes
+++ b/dracut.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 27 19:41:46 UTC 2013 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Require pigz instead of gzip 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 18 00:48:24 UTC 2013 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/dracut.spec b/dracut.spec
index 87e8320..b70384b 100644
--- a/dracut.spec
+++ b/dracut.spec
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ Requires:       file
 Requires:       filesystem
 Requires:       findutils
 Requires:       grep
-Requires:       gzip
 Requires:       hardlink
 Requires:       logrotate
 Requires:       modutils
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ Requires:       udev > 166
 Requires:       util-linux >= 2.21
 Requires:       xz
 Recommends:     binutils
-Recommends:     pigz
+Requires:       pigz
 %{?systemd_requires}
 
 %description