diff --git a/python-openqa_review.spec b/python-openqa_review.spec
index 27f3ada..d72e63b 100644
--- a/python-openqa_review.spec
+++ b/python-openqa_review.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Requires:       python-PyYAML
 Requires:       python-beautifulsoup4
 Requires:       python-certifi
 Requires:       python-configparser
+# workaround because of python-configparser not providing the '__init__.py'
+# file within site-packages/backports
+Requires:       python-backports.ssl_match_hostname
 Requires:       python-future
 Requires:       python-humanfriendly
 Requires:       python-pika