diff --git a/vtk.changes b/vtk.changes
index 2df73f8..4f59927 100644
--- a/vtk.changes
+++ b/vtk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 15 04:16:39 UTC 2015 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- python-vtk also needs openmpi-devel at runtime.
+
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 Fri Aug 14 10:51:11 UTC 2015 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/vtk.spec b/vtk.spec
index aa8aec1..7350db0 100644
--- a/vtk.spec
+++ b/vtk.spec
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ This package provides java bindings for VTK.
 Summary:        Python bindings for VTK
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+# DESPITE NOT BEING A DEVEL PACKAGE, THIS REQUIRES OPENMPI-DEVEL TO RUN
+Requires:       openmpi-devel
 Requires:       openmpi-libs
 %{py_requires}