diff --git a/dracut.changes b/dracut.changes
index 753a231..3ef1456 100644
--- a/dracut.changes
+++ b/dracut.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 17 15:41:14 UTC 2015 - trenn@suse.de
+
+- Do not recommend, but require binutils package. bsc#941928
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul 26 08:16:53 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/dracut.spec b/dracut.spec
index ef5f7f0..bb76c47 100644
--- a/dracut.spec
+++ b/dracut.spec
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ Requires:       pigz
 Requires:       sed
 Requires:       systemd >= 200
 # systemd-sysvinit provides: poweroff, reboot, halt
+Requires:       binutils
 Requires:       systemd-sysvinit
 Requires:       udev > 166
 Requires:       util-linux >= 2.21
 Requires:       xz
-Recommends:     binutils
 Recommends:     logrotate
 Obsoletes:      mkinitrd < 2.8.2
 Provides:       mkinitrd = 2.8.2