diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 95d3bb2..7c3423c 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  1 14:56:02 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- Use Prereq instead of normal Requires to force an early installation
+  of sysvinit-tools (bnc#610628)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 28 16:33:40 CEST 2010 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index 215267e..ecd6eba 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          System/Base
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.88
-Release:        7
+Release:        8
 Summary:        SysV-Style init
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel libselinux-devel libsepol-devel pam-devel
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ Patch21:        powerd-2.0.2-getaddrinfo.patch
 Patch30:        killproc-2.16.dif
 Patch40:        showconsole-1.10.dif
 Patch50:        startpar-0.54.dif
-Requires:       sysvinit-tools
+# see bnc#610628 for the reason we use prereq not requires
+PreReq:         sysvinit-tools
 Provides:       sbin_init
 
 %description