diff --git a/python-celery.changes b/python-celery.changes
index 09dabfc..e35e9d2 100644
--- a/python-celery.changes
+++ b/python-celery.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 24 14:10:26 UTC 2019 - Marketa Calabkova <mcalabkova@suse.com>
+
+- shelve (used in beat.py) needs python3-dbm for one particular task
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 21 10:48:26 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-celery.spec b/python-celery.spec
index 5bac6a6..9b96c65 100644
--- a/python-celery.spec
+++ b/python-celery.spec
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ Requires:       python-kombu >= 4.0.2
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil
 Requires:       python-pytz >= 2016.7
 Requires:       python-vine
+%ifpython3
+Requires:       python3-dbm
+%endif
 Recommends:     python-curses
 Recommends:     python-pyOpenSSL
 Suggests:       python-eventlet