diff --git a/libglvnd.changes b/libglvnd.changes
index 7391387..2dfe210 100644
--- a/libglvnd.changes
+++ b/libglvnd.changes
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Mon Oct  7 16:12:05 UTC 2019 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 - reverting inclusion of GL, EGL, GLES, GLES2, GLES3 headers;
   no longer let libglvnd-devel package provide and obsolete 
   corresponding Mesa gl, egl, gles* devel subpackages; headers
-  just aren't compatible ...
+  just aren't compatible; instead require them ...
 - supersedes patches:
   * n_0001-GL-Bump-GL-version-to-9-2.patch
   * n_0001-eglplatform-fix-mesa-specific-defines.patch
diff --git a/libglvnd.spec b/libglvnd.spec
index fa6b31e..c6eb832 100644
--- a/libglvnd.spec
+++ b/libglvnd.spec
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ OpenGL ABI proposal.
 Summary:        Development files for libglvnd
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %name = %version
+# we need headers from Mesa :-(
+Requires:       Mesa-KHR-devel
+Requires:       Mesa-libEGL-devel
+Requires:       Mesa-libGL-devel
+Requires:       Mesa-libGLESv1_CM-devel
+Requires:       Mesa-libGLESv2-devel
+Requires:       Mesa-libGLESv3-devel
 
 %description devel
 Vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between