diff --git a/evolution.changes b/evolution.changes
index 91cdcef..12211ba 100644
--- a/evolution.changes
+++ b/evolution.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  8 00:30:52 UTC 2012 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- Require evolution-data-server: evolution does not start if
+  evolution-data-server is not installed in the system; fixes
+  bnc#766055.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 14 07:52:36 UTC 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/evolution.spec b/evolution.spec
index a76ddf8..4ffc940 100644
--- a/evolution.spec
+++ b/evolution.spec
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Patch19:        bnc-435722-book-uri-long.patch
 Patch35:        bnc-210959-evo-accept-ics.patch
 Url:            http://gnome.org/projects/evolution/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Requires:       evolution-data-server
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 Recommends:     bogofilter
 %glib2_gsettings_schema_requires