diff --git a/gdb.changes b/gdb.changes
index 6695ea8..83ba9db 100644
--- a/gdb.changes
+++ b/gdb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 13 10:42:49 UTC 2010 - rguenther@novell.com
+
+- Change python-base from recommends to requires, gdb no longer
+  works without some basic python modules.  [bnc#638858]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  6 09:45:11 UTC 2010 - rguenther@novell.com
 
diff --git a/gdb.spec b/gdb.spec
index 487eb8d..fc0b707 100644
--- a/gdb.spec
+++ b/gdb.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Name:           gdb
 # NOTE: the FSF gdb versions are numbered N.M for official releases, like 6.3
 # and, since January 2005, X.Y.Z.date for daily snapshots, like 6.3.50.20050112 # (daily snapshot from mailine), or 6.3.0.20040112 (head of the release branch).
 Version:        7.2
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 
 # The release always contains a leading reserved number, start it at 1.
 # `upstream' is not a part of `name' to stay fully rpm dependencies compatible for the testing.
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 %if 0%{!?_without_python:1}
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1000
-Recommends:     python-base
+Requires:       python-base
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 %endif	# 0%{!?_without_python:1}