diff --git a/suse-module-tools.changes b/suse-module-tools.changes
index 04c4970..440daec 100644
--- a/suse-module-tools.changes
+++ b/suse-module-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 23 10:43:39 UTC 2016 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- add missing requirements on module-init-tools, findutils and gzip,
+  mkinitrd (bnc#965830)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 13 08:35:32 UTC 2015 - mmarek@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/suse-module-tools.spec b/suse-module-tools.spec
index 2b30226..cb8122f 100644
--- a/suse-module-tools.spec
+++ b/suse-module-tools.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package suse-module-tools
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 Name:           suse-module-tools
 Version:        12.3
 Release:        0
+Requires:       /sbin/depmod
+Requires:       /sbin/mkinitrd
+Requires:       findutils
+Requires:       gzip
 # for grepping /etc/SUSE-release
 PreReq:         grep
 # nm and rpmsort (rpm) are required by the weak-modules script which is invoked