diff --git a/mutt.changes b/mutt.changes
index d917ed4..c905208 100644
--- a/mutt.changes
+++ b/mutt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  9 07:41:57 UTC 2023 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Require a smtp daemon at build and runtime to work around
+  missing system /var/mail/ directory (boo#1216035)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 27 13:42:36 UTC 2023 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/mutt.spec b/mutt.spec
index 9eb46aa..f7ca2a5 100644
--- a/mutt.spec
+++ b/mutt.spec
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsasl2)
 BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  smtp_daemon
 %endif
 Requires:       glibc-locale
+Requires:       smtp_daemon
 Requires(post): %{_bindir}/cat
 Requires(post): %{_bindir}/mkdir
 Requires(postun):%{_bindir}/rm