diff --git a/gnome-software.changes b/gnome-software.changes
index 0be3af9..e4dc25b 100644
--- a/gnome-software.changes
+++ b/gnome-software.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 19 00:41:28 UTC 2021 - Stasiek Michalski <stasiek@michalski.cc>
+
+- Remove hard dependency on zypp appdata plugin if other PackageKit backend is used
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 19 07:11:42 UTC 2020 - Alynx Zhou <alynx.zhou@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/gnome-software.spec b/gnome-software.spec
index 75d5c5d..618557d 100644
--- a/gnome-software.spec
+++ b/gnome-software.spec
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xmlb) >= 0.1.7
 # boo#1090042
 Requires:       fwupd
 Requires:       iso-codes
-Requires:       libzypp-plugin-appdata
+Requires:       PackageKit
+Requires:       (libzypp-plugin-appdata if PackageKit-backend-zypp)
 Recommends:     flatpak
 # bsc#1178768
 %if 0%{?sle_version}