diff --git a/sysstat.changes b/sysstat.changes
index ecebf2e..fbdee0a 100644
--- a/sysstat.changes
+++ b/sysstat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 10 13:18:26 UTC 2019 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
+
+- Requires cron, since sysstat.service wants to create 
+  /etc/cron.d/sysstat link and /etc/cron.d/ is from cron package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 10 11:10:11 UTC 2019 - Pedro Monreal Gonzalez <pmonrealgonzalez@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/sysstat.spec b/sysstat.spec
index c5a3730..8078388 100644
--- a/sysstat.spec
+++ b/sysstat.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ BuildRequires:  sed
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
+Requires:       cron
 Requires:       procmail
 Requires:       xz
 %{?systemd_requires}