diff --git a/iodine.changes b/iodine.changes
index 6d2397a..48cb4f5 100644
--- a/iodine.changes
+++ b/iodine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan  6 10:35:59 UTC 2019 - Thomas Wagner <wagner-thomas@gmx.at>
+
+- added dependency for ifconfig
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 23 13:45:54 UTC 2017 - rbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/iodine.spec b/iodine.spec
index ca1da23..edc31b3 100644
--- a/iodine.spec
+++ b/iodine.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Patch0:         iodine-fix-makefile-prefix.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+# iodine still uses ifconfig
+Requires:       net-tools-deprecated
 Requires(pre):  %fillup_prereq
 PreReq:         /usr/sbin/useradd
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build