diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index d42d0b8..ae8271a 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 22 09:29:14 UTC 2019 - Marketa Calabkova <mcalabkova@suse.com>
+
+- the proper way how to add shadow dependency, only the -daemon
+  subpackage uses the shadow package
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 20 19:33:07 UTC 2019 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- add shadow build dependency: pre/postinstall script checks fail
+  for 42.3 otherwise
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 11 13:32:47 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 2e41bbc..d44d232 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package git
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ Group:          Development/Tools/Version Control
 Requires:       git-core = %{version}
 Requires(pre):  %fillup_prereq
 Requires(pre):  %{_sbindir}/useradd
+Requires(pre):  shadow
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
 Requires(pre):  group(nogroup)
 %endif