diff --git a/libdbusmenu.changes b/libdbusmenu.changes
index a0ee2ba..0e76423 100644
--- a/libdbusmenu.changes
+++ b/libdbusmenu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 23 10:54:05 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Require the tyeplib packages from the -devel packages: typelibs
+  are shared libraries and consumers of the -devel package have a
+  right to assume the libraries are present.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 11 08:32:58 UTC 2019 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/libdbusmenu.spec b/libdbusmenu.spec
index 3a807bd..ded549d 100644
--- a/libdbusmenu.spec
+++ b/libdbusmenu.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libdbusmenu
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ library.
 Summary:        Development files for libdbusmenu-glib
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{libname_glib} = %{version}
+Requires:       typelib-1_0-Dbusmenu-0_4 = %{version}
 Requires:       pkgconfig(dbus-glib-1)
 
 %description -n libdbusmenu-glib-devel
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ of the dbusmenu-gtk library.
 Summary:        Development files for %{libname_gtk}
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{libname_gtk} = %{version}
+Requires:       typelib-1_0-DbusmenuGtk%{?gtksuffix}-0_4
 Requires:       pkgconfig(dbus-glib-1)
 Requires:       pkgconfig(dbusmenu-glib-0.4) = %{version}