diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 6dafb24..abd1cce 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 11 19:04:21 UTC 2010 - cristian.rodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Fix package dependencies so can be installed without
+  pulling excess of optional components 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  5 16:29:42 UTC 2010 - cristian.rodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 8f82bbb..407b825 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -136,20 +136,20 @@ Release:        1
 Summary:        A C toolkit to interract with the virtualization capabilities of Linux
 # The client side, i.e. shared libs and virsh are in a subpackage
 Requires:       %{name}-client = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       bridge-utils
-Requires:       iptables
-Requires:       lvm2
+Recommends:       bridge-utils
+Recommends:       iptables
+Recommends:       lvm2
 Requires:       parted
 Requires:       virt-utils
 Recommends:     logrotate
-Requires:       dnsmasq
-Requires:       open-iscsi
-Requires:       nfs-client
+Recommends:     dnsmasq
+Recommends:       open-iscsi
+Recommends:       nfs-client
 %if %{with_hal}
 Requires:       hal
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
-Requires:       polkit >= 0.9
+Recommends:       polkit >= 0.9
 %else
 Requires:       PolicyKit >= 0.6
 %endif
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Requires:       readline
 Requires:       ncurses
 # So remote clients can access libvirt over SSH tunnel
 # (client invokes 'nc' against the UNIX socket on the server)
-Requires:       netcat-openbsd
+Recommends:       netcat-openbsd
 Requires:       cyrus-sasl
 Recommends:     cyrus-sasl-digestmd5