diff --git a/openvpn.changes b/openvpn.changes
index 1c859f5..07c6217 100644
--- a/openvpn.changes
+++ b/openvpn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 12 15:31:52 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- build with enable-iproute2 again to have root-less mode working (bsc#1202792) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jun  5 00:08:13 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/openvpn.spec b/openvpn.spec
index 8699f34..e723e4d 100644
--- a/openvpn.spec
+++ b/openvpn.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Source10:       %{name}-tmpfile.conf
 Source11:       rc%{name}
 Patch1:         %{name}-2.3-plugin-man.dif
 Patch6:         %{name}-fips140-2.3.2.patch
+BuildRequires:  iproute2
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires:  lzo-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsystemd)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
+Requires:       iproute2
 Requires:       pkcs11-helper >= 1.11
 Requires:       sysvinit-tools
 %systemd_ordering
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ export LDFLAGS
 export IPROUTE="%{_sbindir}/ip"
 %endif
 %configure \
+	--enable-iproute2		\
 	--enable-x509-alt-username	\
 	--enable-pkcs11			\
 	--enable-systemd		\