diff --git a/python-urllib3.changes b/python-urllib3.changes
index a0a006b..f3f1b18 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.changes
+++ b/python-urllib3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 20 08:13:30 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- add python-ipaddress dependency for python 2.x
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 18 09:19:49 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index f200a0c..87e3e06 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Recommends:     python-idna
 Recommends:     python-ndg-httpsclient
 Recommends:     python-pyOpenSSL
 %endif
+%ifpython2
+BuildRequires:  python-ipaddress
+Requires:       python-ipaddress
+%endif
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description