diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index 615a186..d0ae0f5 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Wed Feb 17 14:24:50 UTC 2021 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
 - Don't pull in update_test pattern from sw_management
 - Move aaa_base-malloccheck from update_test to base
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 16 09:36:51 UTC 2021 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
+
+- Suggest ed to prefer it over busybox-ed
+
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 Tue Jan 26 09:20:12 UTC 2021 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index 1a1fefd..02cd84e 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ Suggests:       cracklib-dict-full
 # needed as soon as you want to do kerberos authentication
 Suggests:       cyrus-sasl-gssapi
 Suggests:       delayacct-utils
+# Hint for zypper to prefer ed over busybox-ed
+Suggests:       ed
 Suggests:       groff
 Suggests:       hfsutils
 # bnc#388570