diff --git a/coreutils-testsuite.changes b/coreutils-testsuite.changes
index 5fb90cb..a2e9739 100644
--- a/coreutils-testsuite.changes
+++ b/coreutils-testsuite.changes
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ Mon Sep  4 18:00:24 UTC 2017 - mail@bernhard-voelker.de
   * coreutils-skip-gnulib-test-tls.patch
   * coreutils-tests-shorten-extreme-factor-tests.patch
 - coreutils.keyring: Update from upstream (Savannah).
-- Remote now-upstream patches:
+- Remove now-upstream patches:
   * coreutils-cve-2017-7476-out-of-bounds-with-large-tz.patch
   * coreutils-tests-port-to-timezone-2017a.patch
+- coreutils.spec: Add "BuildRequires: user(bin)" for the tests.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 16 14:26:30 UTC 2017 - ghe@suse.com
diff --git a/coreutils-testsuite.spec b/coreutils-testsuite.spec
index fa561b2..6bee904 100644
--- a/coreutils-testsuite.spec
+++ b/coreutils-testsuite.spec
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ BuildRequires:  perl-Expect
 BuildRequires:  python-pyinotify
 BuildRequires:  strace
 BuildRequires:  timezone
+# Some tests need the 'bin' user.
+BuildRequires:  user(bin)
 %ifarch %ix86 x86_64 ppc ppc64 s390x armv7l armv7hl
 BuildRequires:  valgrind
 %endif
diff --git a/coreutils.changes b/coreutils.changes
index 5fb90cb..a2e9739 100644
--- a/coreutils.changes
+++ b/coreutils.changes
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ Mon Sep  4 18:00:24 UTC 2017 - mail@bernhard-voelker.de
   * coreutils-skip-gnulib-test-tls.patch
   * coreutils-tests-shorten-extreme-factor-tests.patch
 - coreutils.keyring: Update from upstream (Savannah).
-- Remote now-upstream patches:
+- Remove now-upstream patches:
   * coreutils-cve-2017-7476-out-of-bounds-with-large-tz.patch
   * coreutils-tests-port-to-timezone-2017a.patch
+- coreutils.spec: Add "BuildRequires: user(bin)" for the tests.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 16 14:26:30 UTC 2017 - ghe@suse.com
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index a4f3815..767770b 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ BuildRequires:  perl-Expect
 BuildRequires:  python-pyinotify
 BuildRequires:  strace
 BuildRequires:  timezone
+# Some tests need the 'bin' user.
+BuildRequires:  user(bin)
 %ifarch %ix86 x86_64 ppc ppc64 s390x armv7l armv7hl
 BuildRequires:  valgrind
 %endif