diff --git a/pipewire.changes b/pipewire.changes
index 3d0113f..5c3bf8e 100644
--- a/pipewire.changes
+++ b/pipewire.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  1 14:23:13 UTC 2022 - Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@suse.com>
+
+- pipewire should be a true dependency, not just recommended (e.g.,
+  so that any setup that use no-recommends, like MicroOS, also work) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 27 14:04:28 UTC 2022 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/pipewire.spec b/pipewire.spec
index 128d1e8..27d71f6 100644
--- a/pipewire.spec
+++ b/pipewire.spec
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ This package contains an ALSA plugin for the PipeWire media server.
 %package pulseaudio
 Summary:        PipeWire PulseAudio implementation
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Recommends:     %{name} >= %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{libpipewire} >= %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       %{name} >= %{version}-%{release}
 Conflicts:      pulseaudio
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1550
 Requires(post): pulseaudio-setup