diff --git a/unbound.changes b/unbound.changes
index 5df98b5..6f7fab2 100644
--- a/unbound.changes
+++ b/unbound.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  9 12:11:47 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Require /usr/sbin/useradd to be present before installation, as
+  we run it in the %pre script.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 28 17:16:01 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/unbound.spec b/unbound.spec
index 86421ad..f39bd45 100644
--- a/unbound.spec
+++ b/unbound.spec
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ This package holds the development files to work with libunbound.
 #
 Summary:        Unbound Anchor cert management tools
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/DNS/Servers
+Requires(pre):  /usr/sbin/useradd
 
 %description anchor
 Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS(SEC) resolver.