diff --git a/libzypp-plugin-appdata.changes b/libzypp-plugin-appdata.changes
index 887393d..d2e31de 100644
--- a/libzypp-plugin-appdata.changes
+++ b/libzypp-plugin-appdata.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 13 13:19:07 UTC 2015 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Require openSUSE-appstream-extra by openSUSE-appstream-process:
+  Having the extra appstream metadata available will allow the
+  builder to get better results.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 23 12:50:11 UTC 2015 - opensuse-packaging@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libzypp-plugin-appdata.spec b/libzypp-plugin-appdata.spec
index 1d969b9..b6cf09f 100644
--- a/libzypp-plugin-appdata.spec
+++ b/libzypp-plugin-appdata.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libzypp-plugin-appdata
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ At this moment, gnome-software is the only known implementation making use of it
 Summary:        Appstream processor employed by kiwi
 Group:          System
 Requires:       appstream-glib >= 0.2.4
+# external repository with appstream metadata, to assist packages that don't ship their own (yet)
+Requires:       openSUSE-appstream-extra
 
 %description -n openSUSE-appstream-process
 A wrapper around appstream-builder, called by kiwi in order to produce AppStream metadata