diff --git a/warewulf4.changes b/warewulf4.changes
index 98fcdad..1ed6cf6 100644
--- a/warewulf4.changes
+++ b/warewulf4.changes
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ Tue Feb  7 15:34:13 UTC 2023 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
 - added config-ww4.sh which is used for initial configuration for
   simple network setups
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 31 18:24:50 UTC 2023 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
+
+- Add %sysusers_requires macro to account for missing dependencies
+  (boo#1207802).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 24 11:17:32 UTC 2023 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/warewulf4.spec b/warewulf4.spec
index 5acaddb..48e1b02 100644
--- a/warewulf4.spec
+++ b/warewulf4.spec
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ BuildRequires:  yq
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #Requires:       %{name}-ipxe = %{version}
 Requires:       %{name}-overlay = %{version}
+%sysusers_requires
 Recommends:     dhcp-server
 Recommends:     ipmitool
 Recommends:     ipxe-bootimgs