diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.changes b/monitoring-plugins.changes
index f4729d4..2c204e7 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.changes
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 16 14:04:40 CET 2023 - ro@suse.de
+
+- also require coreutils-systemd in monitoring-plugins-load
+  as the check uses the uptime binary at runtime
+  revisiting [bsc#1216148] 
+
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 Mon Oct 30 18:19:23 CET 2023 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.spec b/monitoring-plugins.spec
index 4c43aa7..cd716fb 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@ Summary:        Test the current system load average
 Group:          System/Monitoring
 Provides:       nagios-plugins-load = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      nagios-plugins-load <= 1.5
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1599
+Requires:       coreutils-systemd
+%endif
 
 %description load
 This plugin tests the current system load average.