diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 2712c40..23b34a2 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 20 09:46:47 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add systemd-rpm-macros to essential list
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun May 19 14:05:14 UTC 2013 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index addb668..ff678da 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Requires:       net-tools
 Requires:       patch
 Requires:       perl-base
 Requires:       sed
+Requires:       systemd-rpm-macros
 Requires:       tar
 Requires:       util-linux
 Requires:       which