diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index ed164d2..fef1590 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ Requires:       perl(Sys::Guestfs::Lib)
 Requires:       perl(Sys::Guestfs::Lib)
 Requires:       perl(Win::Hivex)
 Requires:       perl(Win::Hivex::Regedit)
-%if %{?sles_version}0 > 0
-BuildRequires:  sles-release
-%endif
 %if %suse_version >= 1140
 BuildRequires:  augeas-devel
 %endif
@@ -60,33 +57,17 @@ BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  file-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  genisoimage
 BuildRequires:  gperf
 BuildRequires:  hivex-devel
-BuildRequires:  kernel-default
-BuildRequires:  lvm2
 %if %suse_version >= 1220
 BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libvirt-devel
-BuildRequires:  mdadm
-BuildRequires:  mkinitrd
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
-BuildRequires:  parted
 BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
-BuildRequires:  util-linux
-BuildRequires:  xfsprogs
-BuildRequires:  btrfsprogs
-BuildRequires:  zerofree
-BuildRequires:  ntfsprogs
-BuildRequires:  ntfs-3g
-BuildRequires:  rsync
-BuildRequires:  cryptsetup
-BuildRequires:  iproute2
-BuildRequires:  strace
 # perl as included in openSuSE 11.4 has this, but an older version without html_charset
 # perl as included in openSuSE 12.1 includes 3.16, so require at least this version
 BuildRequires:  perl(Pod::Simple::XHTML) >= 3.16
@@ -253,6 +234,41 @@ Allows Ruby scripts to directly use libguestfs.
 %endif
 
 %package data
+# kernel-default needs that
+%if %{?sles_version}0 > 0
+BuildRequires:  sles-release
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  btrfsprogs
+BuildRequires:  bzip2
+BuildRequires:  coreutils
+BuildRequires:  cpio
+BuildRequires:  cryptsetup
+BuildRequires:  diffutils
+BuildRequires:  e2fsprogs
+BuildRequires:  file
+BuildRequires:  findutils
+BuildRequires:  gawk
+BuildRequires:  genisoimage
+BuildRequires:  glibc
+BuildRequires:  grep
+BuildRequires:  gzip
+BuildRequires:  iproute2
+BuildRequires:  kernel-default
+BuildRequires:  lvm2
+BuildRequires:  mdadm
+BuildRequires:  mkinitrd
+BuildRequires:  module-init-tools
+BuildRequires:  ntfs-3g
+BuildRequires:  ntfsprogs
+BuildRequires:  parted
+BuildRequires:  rsync
+BuildRequires:  strace
+BuildRequires:  tar
+BuildRequires:  udev
+BuildRequires:  util-linux
+BuildRequires:  xfsprogs
+BuildRequires:  xz
+BuildRequires:  zerofree
 Summary:        Virtual machine needed for libguestfs
 Group:          System/Filesystems