diff --git a/fakeroot.changes b/fakeroot.changes
index 639a9bf..df6f847 100644
--- a/fakeroot.changes
+++ b/fakeroot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 21 10:40:40 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Add user(daemon) and group(sys) BuildRequires: needed in order to
+  pass the test suite.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 10 16:56:20 UTC 2017 - aloisio@gmx.com
 
diff --git a/fakeroot.spec b/fakeroot.spec
index 96c8e1c..332e4ba 100644
--- a/fakeroot.spec
+++ b/fakeroot.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ BuildRequires:  libcap-progs
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  po4a
 BuildRequires:  sharutils
+# user(daemon)/group(sys) is required for t.tar testsuite
+BuildRequires:  group(sys)
+BuildRequires:  user(daemon)
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(preun): update-alternatives
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build