diff --git a/mono-core.changes b/mono-core.changes
index 872e0b7..03d7292 100644
--- a/mono-core.changes
+++ b/mono-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  8 08:40:53 MDT 2008 - ajorgensen@novell.com
+
+- Recommend a specific version of libgdiplus
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep  2 10:26:11 MDT 2008 - ajorgensen@novell.com
 
diff --git a/mono-core.spec b/mono-core.spec
index cb3dd8b..adc6e2e 100644
--- a/mono-core.spec
+++ b/mono-core.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Mono
 Summary:        A .NET Runtime Environment
 Url:            http://go-mono.org/
 Version:        2.0
-Release:        5
+Release:        9
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source0:        mono-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1:         mono-libtool.diff
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Conflicts:      mono-addins <= 0.3
 #Conflicts:	gtk-sharp2 < 2.10.3
 # Require when in the buildserivce
 %if 0%{?opensuse_bs}
-Requires:       libgdiplus0
+Recommends:     libgdiplus0 = %{version}
 %endif
 %if 0%{?monobuild}
 Requires:       libgdiplus0
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Requires:       libgdiplus0
 %if 0%{?opensuse_bs} == 0
 # suse would rather have recommends so that all sorts of graphic libs aren't 
 #  pulled in when libgdiplus is installed
-Recommends:     libgdiplus0
-Recommends:     libgluezilla0
+Recommends:     libgdiplus0 = %{version}
+Recommends:     libgluezilla0 = %{version}
 %endif
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel zlib-devel
@@ -1147,6 +1147,8 @@ rm %buildroot%_prefix/usr
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 08 2008 ajorgensen@novell.com
+- Recommend a specific version of libgdiplus
 * Tue Sep 02 2008 ajorgensen@novell.com
 - Update to 2.0 RC1
   * Bugfixes