diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 2009f6a..685557a 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -272,12 +272,6 @@ Requires:       xz
 # For core disk features
 Requires:       qemu-tools
 
-# Needed by guestfsd which is burried in the appliance
-Requires:       libaugeas0
-Requires:       libcap2
-Requires:       libhivex0
-Requires:       libpcre1
-
 Recommends:     mdadm
 Conflicts:      guestfs-data < %{version}
 Conflicts:      libguestfs0 < %{version}
@@ -486,6 +480,19 @@ BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  zerofree
 %endif
 
+# Needed by guestfsd which is burried in the appliance
+#
+# The problem with this design is that rpm can't find the
+# library dependencies from the guestfsd hidden in the
+# daemon.tar.gz tarball.Supermin will compute an appliance
+# at runtime based on the packages it will find on the host.
+# Thus if there is no libaugeas, libhivex, etc on the host,
+# the appliance will fail to start the guestfsd.
+Requires:       libaugeas0
+Requires:       libcap2
+Requires:       libhivex0
+Requires:       libpcre1
+
 Summary:        Virtual machine needed for libguestfs
 License:        GPL-2.0
 Group:          System/Filesystems