diff --git a/python-matplotlib.changes b/python-matplotlib.changes
index a78909c..b132391 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.changes
+++ b/python-matplotlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 15 19:15:14 UTC 2018 - tbechtold@suse.com
+
+- Add missing Requires for python-backports.functools_lru_cache (boo#1074491)
+
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 Thu May 10 22:27:45 UTC 2018 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index 4ff96c6..1cc9130 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Requires:       python-python-dateutil >= 2.1
 Requires:       python-pytz
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.10
 %ifpython2
+Requires:       python-backports.functools_lru_cache
 Requires:       python-functools32
 Requires:       python-subprocess32
 %endif