diff --git a/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes b/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
index 67b16c0..642fb2a 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
+++ b/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 18 09:05:24 UTC 2018 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
+
+- add recommends to the tcti-device and tcti-abrmd. Otherwise they're not
+  installed right away, rendering the abrmd quite unusable.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 10 10:02:21 UTC 2018 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec b/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
index 9bafe2a..6e7d218 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
+++ b/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-1)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(tss2-sys)
 Requires(pre):  pwdutils
+Recommends:     libtss2-tcti-device0
+Recommends:     libtss2-tcti-tabrmd0
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Patch0:         fix_dlopen.patch
 # the auto activation is not whitelisted for <= SLE12-SP3