diff --git a/ignore-cmd2-requires.diff b/ignore-cmd2-requires.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa1d51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ignore-cmd2-requires.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.py
++++ setup.py
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ install_requires = [
+     'distribute',
+     'PrettyTable>=0.6,<0.8',
+-    'cmd2==0.6.4',
++    'cmd2>=0.6.4,<0.7',
+ ]
+ 
+ # We need a different version of PyParsing, depending on which version
diff --git a/python-cliff.changes b/python-cliff.changes
index 8655106..989ba5e 100644
--- a/python-cliff.changes
+++ b/python-cliff.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 30 08:39:29 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- add ignore-cmd2-requires.diff: 
+  loosen cmd2 version requires
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 25 09:06:44 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-cliff.spec b/python-cliff.spec
index aaa181f..808e023 100644
--- a/python-cliff.spec
+++ b/python-cliff.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Summary:        Command Line Interface Formulation Framework
 License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cliff/cliff-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         ignore-cmd2-requires.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  python-argparse
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-pep8
 BuildRequires:  python-prettytable
 BuildRequires:  python-pyparsing == 1.5.7
 Requires:       python-argparse
-Requires:       python-cmd2 == 0.6.4
+Requires:       python-cmd2 >= 0.6.4
 Requires:       python-prettytable >= 0.6
 Requires:       python-pyparsing == 1.5.7
 Requires:       python-tablib
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ This package contains documentation files for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n cliff-%{version}
+%patch0
 
 %build
 python setup.py build