diff --git a/rtorrent.changes b/rtorrent.changes
index c3a5ceb..c70497d 100644
--- a/rtorrent.changes
+++ b/rtorrent.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 24 12:13:56 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Add missing require on useradd.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 16 15:54:27 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/rtorrent.spec b/rtorrent.spec
index bcfb7dd..d32bda9 100644
--- a/rtorrent.spec
+++ b/rtorrent.spec
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gzip
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cppunit) >= 1.9.6
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcurl) >= 7.15.4
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libtorrent) >= 0.13.8
+Requires(pre):  shadow
 
 %description
 rTorrent is a console-based BitTorrent client. It aims to be a