diff --git a/python-rpm-packaging.changes b/python-rpm-packaging.changes
index 44d129e..f04dae2 100644
--- a/python-rpm-packaging.changes
+++ b/python-rpm-packaging.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 14 13:06:08 UTC 2022 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Add python3-packaging as requirement boo#1178257
+
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 Wed Jun 30 13:47:17 UTC 2021 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-rpm-packaging.spec b/python-rpm-packaging.spec
index 5cd5828..ae33e2b 100644
--- a/python-rpm-packaging.spec
+++ b/python-rpm-packaging.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-rpm-packaging
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 Provides:       rpm-build-python = 4.17.0
 Obsoletes:      rpm-build-python
 Requires:       python3-base
+# boo#1178257
+Requires:       python3-packaging
 # To avoid widespread breakage by package mistakenly ignoring
 # their requirement of python-rpm-macros (bsc#1180125)
 Requires:       python-rpm-macros