diff --git a/lxd.changes b/lxd.changes
index 41dfc04..9305d05 100644
--- a/lxd.changes
+++ b/lxd.changes
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Thu May  5 04:27:43 UTC 2022 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
   * Setting profiles during an image copy
 - Backport upstream patch to fix build on x32 systems.
   + 0001-lxd-secommp-Fix-sysinfo-syscall-interception-on-32-b.patch
+- Make CRIU a Recommends so that we can still use LXD on 32-bit openSUSE.
 
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 Thu May  5 03:31:24 UTC 2022 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
diff --git a/lxd.spec b/lxd.spec
index 869db91..4db20da 100644
--- a/lxd.spec
+++ b/lxd.spec
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ Requires:       kernel-base >= 5.4
 Requires:       acl
 Requires:       ebtables
 BuildRequires:  dnsmasq
-Requires:       criu >= 2.0
 Requires:       dnsmasq
 Requires:       lxcfs
 Requires:       lxcfs-hooks-lxc
@@ -107,6 +106,9 @@ Requires:       qemu-arm >= 6.0
 Recommends:     lvm2
 Recommends:     btrfsprogs
 Recommends:     thin-provisioning-tools
+# CRIU is used for certain operations but is not necessary (and is no longer
+# shipped on 32-bit openSUSE).
+Recommends:     criu >= 2.0
 Suggests:       zfs
 
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