diff --git a/python-tesserocr.changes b/python-tesserocr.changes
index b55f6d2..ea13c41 100644
--- a/python-tesserocr.changes
+++ b/python-tesserocr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug  2 09:40:45 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Ensure we recommend some of the tesseract data so we can do at
+  least some basic ocr operations
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  2 08:59:20 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-tesserocr.spec b/python-tesserocr.spec
index 6076c0c..08b70d2 100644
--- a/python-tesserocr.spec
+++ b/python-tesserocr.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  tesseract-ocr-traineddata-english
 BuildRequires:  tesseract-ocr-traineddata-orientation_and_script_detection
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(tesseract)
+Requires:       tesseract-ocr-traineddata-english
+Requires:       tesseract-ocr-traineddata-orientation_and_script_detection
 Recommends:     python-Pillow
 %python_subpackages