diff --git a/gimp.changes b/gimp.changes
index 3f99d6b..21b363c 100644
--- a/gimp.changes
+++ b/gimp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 23 08:28:28 UTC 2010 - aj@suse.de
+
+- Change lang package Requires to Recommends since it is not
+  mandatory at runtime.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct  4 12:09:19 CEST 2010 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gimp.spec b/gimp.spec
index 0a4a19f..47a415a 100644
--- a/gimp.spec
+++ b/gimp.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Bitmap Editors
 Suggests:       AdobeICCProfiles
 Provides:       gimp-2.0 = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      gimp-unstable < 2.6.0
-Requires:       %{name}-lang = %{version}
+Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 Requires:       gtk2
 Summary:        The GNU Image Manipulation Program
 Source:         ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.6/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2