diff --git a/python-wcwidth.changes b/python-wcwidth.changes
index 96a4898..56639a7 100644
--- a/python-wcwidth.changes
+++ b/python-wcwidth.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 23 10:03:23 UTC 2022 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- add explicit Requires for python-importlib_metadata for Python < 3.8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 18 13:40:16 UTC 2022 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-wcwidth.spec b/python-wcwidth.spec
index acb9db8..21e16d1 100644
--- a/python-wcwidth.spec
+++ b/python-wcwidth.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python-backports.functools_lru_cache >= 1.2.1
 %ifpython2
 Requires:       python-backports.functools_lru_cache >= 1.2.1
 %endif
+%if %python_version_nodots < 38
+Requires:       python-importlib_metadata
+%endif
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description