diff --git a/river.changes b/river.changes
index 6dd2e99..cc64445 100644
--- a/river.changes
+++ b/river.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr 16 09:25:44 UTC 2023 - Soc Virnyl Estela <socvirnyl.estela@gmail.com>
+
+- Change requirement of xdg-desktop-portal-wlr as a suggestion. This is
+  for if an alternative exists e.g. xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr  6 12:44:13 UTC 2023 - Soc Virnyl Estela <socvirnyl.estela@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/river.spec b/river.spec
index 69ea1ac..7c8c05b 100644
--- a/river.spec
+++ b/river.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Recommends:     libqt5-qtwayland
 Recommends:     libqt5-qtwayland-32bit
 Requires:       river-riverctl
 Requires:       river-rivertile
-Requires:       xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
+Suggests:       xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
 
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64 aarch64 riscv64 %{mips64}