diff --git a/virt-manager.changes b/virt-manager.changes
index 96c2b093..5443fa7c 100644
--- a/virt-manager.changes
+++ b/virt-manager.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  2 08:51:45 UTC 2018 - cbosdonnat@suse.com
+
+- Downgrade python3-virt-bootstrap Recommends to Suggests to
+  minimize the number of default dependencies. (bsc#1073937)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 20 08:31:19 UTC 2017 - cbosdonnat@suse.com
 
diff --git a/virt-manager.spec b/virt-manager.spec
index 26f3287b..34605924 100644
--- a/virt-manager.spec
+++ b/virt-manager.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package virt-manager
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Requires:       python3-libvirt-python >= 0.7.0
 Requires:       python3-libxml2-python
 Requires:       python3-pycurl
 Requires:       typelib(LibvirtGLib)
-Recommends:     python3-virt-bootstrap
+Suggests:       python3-virt-bootstrap
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection
 # No AppIndicator package on SLE
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse} == 0