diff --git a/fail2ban.changes b/fail2ban.changes
index a8d7b16..357afd6 100644
--- a/fail2ban.changes
+++ b/fail2ban.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 25 11:36:13 UTC 2014 - jweberhofer@weberhofer.at
+
+- Added syslog to requirements, as this version of fail2ban does not
+  work with systemd-logging: bnc#905733
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 17 09:44:12 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/fail2ban.spec b/fail2ban.spec
index 0b7da2d..ad71eae 100644
--- a/fail2ban.spec
+++ b/fail2ban.spec
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Requires:       cron
 Requires:       iptables
 Requires:       logrotate
 Requires:       python >= 2.5
+Requires:       syslog
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140 && 0%{?sles_version} == 0
 Requires:       python-pyinotify
 %endif