diff --git a/rpcbind.changes b/rpcbind.changes
index 67b077e..a46a881 100644
--- a/rpcbind.changes
+++ b/rpcbind.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  4 06:39:39 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- prereq useradd - called from %pre
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 26 16:10:49 CET 2014 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpcbind.spec b/rpcbind.spec
index 48cc08b..cfc118c 100644
--- a/rpcbind.spec
+++ b/rpcbind.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  tcpd-devel
 PreReq:         %fillup_prereq
+Requires(pre):  /usr/sbin/useradd
 
 # The next three are from upstream, applied directly on top of rc4.
 Patch0:         0001-Fix-building-one-systems-w-out-nss.h.patch
@@ -73,13 +74,6 @@ on various transports supported by the TI-RPC. This includes TCP and
 UDP over IPv6. Moreover, rpcbind provides additional functions in
 regards to portmap.
 
-
-
-Authors:
---------
-    Gilles Quillard <gilles.quillard@bull.net>
-    Vincent ROQUETA <vincent.roqueta@ext.bull.net>
-
 %prep
 %setup -q
 cp %{SOURCE4} .
@@ -145,7 +139,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %service_add_pre %{name}.service %{name}.socket
 
 # Add "rpc" user
-getent passwd rpc >/dev/null || useradd -r -g nogroup -d /var/lib/emptry -s /sbin/nologin -c "user for rpcbind" rpc
+getent passwd rpc >/dev/null || /usr/sbin/useradd -r -g nogroup -d /var/lib/emptry -s /sbin/nologin -c "user for rpcbind" rpc
 exit 0
 
 %preun