diff --git a/vtk.changes b/vtk.changes
index 8055d29..2df73f8 100644
--- a/vtk.changes
+++ b/vtk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 14 10:51:11 UTC 2015 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- python-vtk should have Requires on openmpi-libs to enable its
+  parallelized modules to work.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 25 08:17:04 UTC 2015 - alinm.elena@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/vtk.spec b/vtk.spec
index 0f8b9c6..aa8aec1 100644
--- a/vtk.spec
+++ b/vtk.spec
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ This package provides java bindings for VTK.
 Summary:        Python bindings for VTK
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+Requires:       openmpi-libs
 %{py_requires}
 
 %description -n python-%{name}