diff --git a/python-stestr.changes b/python-stestr.changes
index ed3657a..d1b0171 100644
--- a/python-stestr.changes
+++ b/python-stestr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 24 09:29:20 UTC 2018 - comurphy@suse.com
+
+- Add python3-dbm dependency
+  * Required for python3: https://github.com/mtreinish/stestr/blob/2.1.1/stestr/subunit_trace.py#L34-L39
+
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 Tue Aug  7 20:19:38 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-stestr.spec b/python-stestr.spec
index aa9bbb5..13bb1ad 100644
--- a/python-stestr.spec
+++ b/python-stestr.spec
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Requires:       python-python-subunit >= 1.3.0
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.10.0
 Requires:       python-testtools >= 2.2.0
 Requires:       python-voluptuous >= 0.8.9
+%ifpython3
+Requires:       python3-dbm
+%endif
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 Suggests:       python-subunit2sql >= 1.8.0