diff --git a/openblas.changes b/openblas.changes
index 69fd9bd..287145f 100644
--- a/openblas.changes
+++ b/openblas.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 20 12:02:55 UTC 2023 - Giacomo Comes <gcomes.obs@gmail.com>
+
+- add Requires(pre/post): coreutils to the sub-packages that use
+  commands like: ln, dirname, mktemp, etc in the pre/post scriptlets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 29 05:43:18 UTC 2023 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/openblas.spec b/openblas.spec
index 065cb01..5b78e79 100644
--- a/openblas.spec
+++ b/openblas.spec
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ Summary:        An optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2, %{flavor} version
 Group:          System/Libraries
 %if %{without hpc}
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
+Requires(post): coreutils
 Requires(preun):update-alternatives
  %if "%flavor" == "serial"
 Obsoletes:      lib%{pname}%{so_v} < %{version}
@@ -313,6 +314,8 @@ This package contains the static libraries.
 Summary:        Development headers and libraries for OpenBLAS
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       (%{pname}-devel(default) or %{pname}-devel(other))
+Requires(pre):  coreutils
+Requires(post): coreutils
 Obsoletes:      %{pname}-devel < %version
 Obsoletes:      %{pname}-devel-headers < %version
 Provides:       %{pname}-devel-headers = %version