diff --git a/python-wsgi_intercept.changes b/python-wsgi_intercept.changes
index 253cceb..2ac2b2f 100644
--- a/python-wsgi_intercept.changes
+++ b/python-wsgi_intercept.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 10 22:45:48 UTC 2019 - Jonathan Brownell <jbrownell@suse.com>
+
+- Support older OS targets by adding a fallback for Recommends:
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  4 12:56:08 UTC 2018 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-wsgi_intercept.spec b/python-wsgi_intercept.spec
index caa056f..b08c117 100644
--- a/python-wsgi_intercept.spec
+++ b/python-wsgi_intercept.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests >= 2.0.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module urllib3 >= 1.11.0}
 Requires:       python-six
+%if 0%{?_no_weakdeps}
+Requires:       python-requests >= 2.0.1
+%else
 Recommends:     python-requests >= 2.0.1
+%endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch