diff --git a/virt-manager.changes b/virt-manager.changes
index 0bed4abd..b75a0c8a 100644
--- a/virt-manager.changes
+++ b/virt-manager.changes
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ Tue Oct 16 02:24:29 UTC 2018 - James Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
 - Fix selection of network volumes (bsc#1100558)
   5a7698c7-fix-select-network-vol.patch
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 15 06:41:55 UTC 2018 - Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf@suse.com>
+
+- Remove hard dependency on openSUSE branding by changing it to a
+  recommends
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 13 16:03:17 MDT 2018 - carnold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/virt-manager.spec b/virt-manager.spec
index d8168c08..caacea77 100644
--- a/virt-manager.spec
+++ b/virt-manager.spec
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Requires:       virt-install
 Requires:       virt-manager-common = %{verrel}
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse} == 1
 # virtman-desktop.patch changes the icon to be yast-vm-management, which is provided by yast2-branding
-Requires:       yast2-branding-openSUSE
+Recommends:     yast2-branding-openSUSE
 %endif
 
 %if %{with_guestfs}