diff --git a/python-matplotlib.changes b/python-matplotlib.changes
index 9d32eb8..212e533 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.changes
+++ b/python-matplotlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar  8 18:01:21 UTC 2014 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Recommend python-matplotlib-tk because it is the default config
+
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 Thu Jan  9 12:46:20 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index 3a1b6bb..29ab295 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Recommends:     ghostscript
 Recommends:     inkscape
 Recommends:     libxml2-tools
 Recommends:     poppler-tools
+Recommends:     python-matplotlib-tk
 Recommends:     texlive-dvipng
 Recommends:     texlive-latex
 Recommends:     texlive-sfmath