diff --git a/libnotify.changes b/libnotify.changes
index a60781b..e0a4821 100644
--- a/libnotify.changes
+++ b/libnotify.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr 26 13:47:13 CEST 2009 - vuntz@novell.com
+
+- Do not Require notification-daemon, but Recommend it: there's no
+  reason to hard-require it.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb 28 01:20:48 CET 2009 - vuntz@novell.com
 
diff --git a/libnotify.spec b/libnotify.spec
index c411a34..f2ffdd5 100644
--- a/libnotify.spec
+++ b/libnotify.spec
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ Name:           libnotify
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-glib-devel
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel
 Version:        0.4.5
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Url:            http://www.galago-project.org/
 Group:          System/Libraries
 License:        GPL v2 or later; LGPL v2.1 or later
 Summary:        Notifications Library
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Requires:       libnotify1
-Requires:       notification-daemon
+Recommends:     notification-daemon
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/libnotify
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 26 2009 vuntz@novell.com
+- Do not Require notification-daemon, but Recommend it: there's no
+  reason to hard-require it.
 * Sat Feb 28 2009 vuntz@novell.com
 - Remove BuildRequires: gtk-doc, update-desktop-files.
 - Remove dbus-1-x11 Requires: it's wrong (we don't require