diff --git a/unixODBC.changes b/unixODBC.changes
index 7c4564d..8bd4c45 100644
--- a/unixODBC.changes
+++ b/unixODBC.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 12 10:17:40 UTC 2023 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
+
+- Add missing requires for glibc-locale-base, required for utf16 codec
+  (bsc#1213242)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  7 08:30:08 UTC 2022 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/unixODBC.spec b/unixODBC.spec
index 9e5b680..aee2d3b 100644
--- a/unixODBC.spec
+++ b/unixODBC.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 # bsc#1062860: to stay feature complete
 Recommends:     psqlODBC
+# for the utf-16 codec, not part of glibc
+Requires:       glibc-locale-base
 
 %package -n libodbc2
 Summary:        Open Database Connectivity API